Crowds Quote by Lord Chesterfield

Give not reins to your inflamed passions: take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.

— Statius

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

— Statius

Results are often obtained by impetuosity and daring which could never have been obtained by ordinary methods.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

At least half of my life's many mistakes can be safely put down to impetuosity: the other half derive from inertia.

— Donald James

Impetuosity and audacity often achieve what ordinary means fail to achieve.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and…

— Kenneth Rexroth

It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.

— Seneca the Younger

I did not believe him capable of love. That is an emotion in which tenderness is an essential part, but Strickland had no tenderness…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“available to them, generally display a refreshing enthusiasm and eagerness about learning. Learning isn’t a chore, they’ve discovered, it’s a by-product of engaging in…

— Linda Dobson

One great flaw in the reforming passion is that in its eagerness to remedy social wrongs it tends to neglect, certainly to undervalue, the…

— Irving Howe

There is surely no more unselfish person than the anthologist. For while all we others are striving to ensure our own immortality with eagerness,…

— Mary Webb

“morning,” Kenny remarked, his fingers clutching at the glass with remarkable eagerness. “Who the fuck cares?” “Point taken.”

— J.C. Reed