Quotes with often-uncontroversial

Quotes 861 till 863 of 863.

• People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.

  G. C. Lichtenberg
  German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
  - +

  -1
• Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

  Thomas Fuller
  English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
  - +

  -1
• Prospect is often better than possession.

  Thomas Fuller
  English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
  - +

  -1

Subjects in these quotes:

• mispunctuates
• misunderstood
• regretfully
• possession
• converted
• sermonoid

Greatest-Quotations.com

Already since 2003 providing you with the best quotations