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Quotations
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 6 likes | |
Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 5 likes | |
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 3 likes | |
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 likes | |
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 2 likes | |
Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good. | |
If you would be accounted great by your contemporaries, be not too much greater than they. | |
The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity. | |
Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause. | |
Lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth. |
Bible Quotes
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. — Epistles of Paul ‐ Romans 1:14 4 likes |
Quotes in Verse
You long for something else, ache for other things: praise from the Demos and the Sophists, that hard-won, that priceless acclaim— the Agora, the Theatre, the Crowns of Laurel. — Constantine Kavafy, 1868-1933, Greek poet ‐ The Satrapy 3 likes |
Funny Quotes
It isn’t fair: the caterpillar does all the work, and the butterfly gets all the glory. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 11 likes | |
As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 8 likes |
Ancient Greek
We tend to believe that the successful man knows everything well. Οιόμεσθα γαρ τον ευτυχούντα πάντ’ επίστασθαι καλώς. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Heraclides 2 likes |
Proverbs
The food is cooked in a pot and the plate gets the honor. 3 likes | |
Give credit where credit is due. 2 likes |