Existence Quote by Lord Byron

The course of a great statesman resembles that of navigable rivers, avoiding immovable obstacles with noble bends of concession, seeking the broad levels of…

— James Russell Lowell

I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what…

— Henry David Thoreau

A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily…

— Frederick William Robertson

No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or…

— James Harrington

I am not ambitious to appear a man of letters: I could be content the world should think I had scarce looked upon any…

— Robert Boyle

A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.

— Saadi

“It is always a starkly private moment when a governor first apprehends his subject as a man—perhaps not as an equal, but at least…

— Eleanor Catton

I have known several persons of great fame for wisdom in public affairs and councils governed by foolish servants. I have known great ministers,…

— Horace Walpole

The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade Pants for the refuge of some rural shade, Where all his long anxieties forgot Amid the charms…

— William Cowper

He who has money, lives long: he who has authority, can do no wrong: he who has might, establishes right. Such is history! Ecce…

— Gottfried Benn

“The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world, in respect to time and space. His life falls…

— Lin Yutang