Alfred Victor Vigny Famous Quotes
Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.
"Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom."
"Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you."
"The true God, the mighty God, is the God of ideas."
Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus.
Every man has seen the wall that limits his mind.
Alfred Victor Vigny Quotations
"An apology Bah Disgusting Cowardly Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be."
Baroness Orczy
"For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude."
Clarence E Hodges
Lee Not being able to speak is not the same as not speaking. You seem as if you like to talk. I like to let people talk who like to talk. It makes it easier to find out how full of shit they are.
Rush Hour
"I am now going to make you a gift that will stay with you the rest of your life. For the rest of your life, every time you say 'We've always done it that way,' my ghost will appear and haunt you for twenty-four hours."
Grace Murray Hopper
"The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation."
Lao Tzu
Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.
Henry Ward Beecher
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
John Kenneth Galbraith
"I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves."
Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
"A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a tramp."
Joan Rivers
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.
Benjamin Franklin