Made Quote by Plutarch Download Open image “The old proverb was now made good, "the mountain had brought forth a mouse.” — Plutarch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Made Mice Mountain Old proverb
“Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.” — James D. Carswell Copy Share Image
“You can smack some people in the face with a haddock and they’ll still call it a mouse if a mouse is what they… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
“The Mouse kept its eyes closed to the truth and did not appreciate the world he lived in. But what one wants most, is… — Ansul Noor Copy Share Image
Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“Over the mountain growths, disease and sorrow, An uncaught bird is ever hovering, hovering, High in the purer, happier air.” — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Those that cannot produce ideas often speak with the old proverbs! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“A robin perched on the branch of the apple tree, his feathers ruffled, his red chest blazing. 'No need to look so down in… — Felix Salten Copy Share Image
“The Chinese have a very good proverb: The bird of sorrow has to fly, but see that it does not nest in your mind.” — Angelo Scolozzi Copy Share Image
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are." — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Speech is like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force,… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Once ye made up yer mind to do somethin', 'tis better t'stumble o'er the small hillock of jump-ahead than t'bash yer head on the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
I made $225.81 a week as an accountant, and I went to $400 a week as a stand-up. I was up to $800 a… — John Pinette Copy Share Image
How could anybody confuse truth with beauty, I thought as I looked at him. Truth came with sunken eyes, bony or scarred, decayed. Its… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
To me, the beauty of a quilt or a dress lies within the stitches and the thought of the person who made them. When… — Natalie Copy Share Image
[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
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