Herbert Mitgang Famous Quotes
Johnson himself turned out to be so many different characters he could have populated all of War and Peace and still had a few people left over.
Herbert Mitgang Quotations
"Human life is a continuous thread which each of us spins to his own pattern, rich and complex in meaning. There are no natural knots in it. Yet knots form, nearly always in adolescence."
Henri Estienne
The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose . to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
Victor Borge
"As thou hast sown, so shall thou reap."
Pinarius
Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.
H G Wells
"Whenever people say 'we mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'we must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it."
Brigid Antonia Brophy
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Kahlil Gibran
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
Herbert Spencer
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say I want to see the manager.
William S Burroughs
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire