Francesco Petrarch Famous Quotes
"Five enemies of peace inhabit with us--avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace."
Francesco Petrarch Quotations
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
Chuangtzu
"There are two modes of establishing our reputation to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter."
Charles Caleb Colton
"By the time your life is finished, you will have learned just enough to begin it well."
Eleanor Marx
"The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been able to live happily for thousands of years in a state of genial frailty."
Brooks Atkinson
Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Malayan Proverb
One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.
Jack Penn
When you read history it is quite astonishing to discover that there never was a day when men thought times were really good. Every generation in history has been haunted by the feeling of crisis.
Harold Walker
Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous.
Sir Thomas Browne
"Success produces success, just as money produces money."
Diane Ackerman
Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.
Homer