Quotes 1101 till 1120 of 1730.
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The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.
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The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.
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The are of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunity of expectation.
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.
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The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be said. Shakespeare, Balzac, Homer have all written about the same things, and if they had lived one thousand or two thousand years longer, the publishers wouldn't have needed anyone since.
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The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
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The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself.
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The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
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The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.
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The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.
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The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
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The better part of valour is discretion.
Henry IV 1, V, 4
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