Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Past happiness augments present wretchedness.
Never thrust your sickle into another's corn.
When fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Suspicion cleaves to the dark side of things.
The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.
The wounds of conscience always leave a scar.
Where there is unity there is always victory.
Flowers are words even a baby can understand.
I became one of the stately homos of England.
To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
I meddled in things that man must leave alone
All the women in my family were superb cooks.
Sometimes you just need to go through a door.
Maybe it was better, now and then, to wonder.
Disbelief is catching. It rubs off on people.
Can't you recognize the human in the inhuman?
God, here and there, makes madness a calling.
I started writing every day. I never stopped.
I don't believe in colleges and universities.
I take this continent with me into the grave.
The promenade is a special subset of walking.
see the things that you want as already yours
The time to embrace your magnificence is now.
There is always something to be grateful for.
You will attract everything that you require.
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Sunday is a day of rest. Loafing is not rest.
Most famous stage actors tactfully fade away.
We are the yearning creatures of this planet.
That lovely things exist is a lovely thought.
Poetry and prison have always been neighbors.
I have no history but the length of my bones.
Remembering is a great invention of the mind.
An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing.
Those who only know England know not England.
There are no liberals behind steering wheels.
Words have a life; without response they die.
I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal.
In all pleasures hope is a considerable part.
None are happy but by anticipation of change.
The wisest among us is a fool in some things.
Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.
Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.
Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds.
I am a longtime, rabid fan of Jonathan Kozol.