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Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.
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Taste does not come by chance: it is a long and laborious task to acquire it.
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The marriage state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of Heaven and Hell we are capable of receiving in this life.
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The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly.
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There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.
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We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.
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What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'twas Christmas told the merriest tale; a Christmas gambol oft could cheer the poor man's heart through half the year.
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A camel is a horse designed by committee.
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A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.
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A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.
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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
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A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.
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A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.
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A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.
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A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
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A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
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A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it.
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