Quotes 9921 till 9940 of 10005.
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Reverence: the spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man.
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Road: A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911) -
Search not a wound too deep lest thou make a new one.
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Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
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Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.
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Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.
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Success is the one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.
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Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.
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Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.
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That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
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The appetite for power, even for universal power, is only insane when there is no possibility of indulging it; a man who sees the possibility opening before him and does not try to grasp it, even at the risk of destroying himself and his country, is either
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The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations.
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The are and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.
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The busiest man needs no more hours of rest than the idle.
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The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity do not possess it. Warmth of heart, impulsiveness, pity are not enough.
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The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
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