Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matthew Prior

And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.

Charlotte Smith

In following their line through, and those of Plantagenet and Tudor, there is but little to soothe the mind.

William Congreve

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.

Virgil

As the twig is bent the tree inclines.

Abraham Cowley

Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.

Thomas Middleton

A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.

Thomas Gray

He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.

John Gay

She who has never loved has never lived.

John Gay

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

Richard Baxter

You will cast away your cards and dice when you find the sweetness of youthful learning.

Reinhold Niebuhr

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. This prayer was first printed in a monthly bulletin of the Federal Council of Churches and has become enormously popular. It has been circulated in millions of copies.

Woody Allen

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

Robert Lowell

What can the dove of Jesus give You now but wisdom, exile? Stand and live, The dove has brought an olive branch to eat.

Robert M. Hutchins

Nature will not forgive those who fail to fulfill the law of their being. The law of human beings is wisdom and goodness, not unlimited acquisition.

Sarah McLachlan

The more we take, the less we become.

Sara Teasdale

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

Samuel Johnson

All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.

Virgil

Each man is led by his own liking.