Quotes 1001 till 1020 of 1020.
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Ambition: An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
The Devil's Dictionary (1911) -
An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.
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An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
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Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
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He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
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In a world where shows have to keep going while the priorities change, I have to stay flexible.
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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
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It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
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It is personality with a penny's worth of talent. Error which chances to rise above the commonplace.
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Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side ;of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
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Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?
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Philanthropist. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
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Philanthropist: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
The Devil's Dictionary -
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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The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.
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There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from.
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What one hides is worth neither more nor less than what one finds. And what one hides from oneself is worth neither more nor less than what one allows others to find.
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When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
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Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
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