Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Take time as it comes, the wind as it blows, woman as she is.
Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!
The griefs of private men are soon allayed, But not of kings.
True valor, on virtue founded strong, meets all events alike.
The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.
Until the day of his death no man can be sure of his courage.
Refusing to have an opinion is a way of having one, isn't it?
The more arms and legs [children] we have, the richer we are.
A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe.
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
I in my own house am an emperor, And will defend what's mine.
Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?
The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.
Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound.
Life's perhaps the only riddle That we shrink from giving up.
If I can wheedle A knife or a needle, Why not a Silver Churn?
Each book can make a life or a fragment of it more beautiful.
Painting doesn't mean just describing; it's a state of spirit.
The instinct of interest is the universal instinct of mankind.
I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names.
The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much.
There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.
I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.
An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
A sound so fine, there 's nothing lives 'Twixt it and silence.
It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury.
The mad person who knows that they are mad is close to sanity.
By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.
It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
The Truth, sometimes not sought for, comes forth to the light.
We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.
Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one.
They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.
For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.
How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.
The glass I drink from is not large, but at least it is my own.
One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.
Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.
I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.
The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.
Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.
If we couldn't dream, our lives wouldn't mean anything anymore.