Thamas De Quincey Famous Quotes
"Once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing and from robbing he comes next to drinking and sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination."
Thamas De Quincey Quotations
"Pay no attention to what the critics say... Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic"
Jean Sibelius
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
George Eliot
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
Andr Maurois
"In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not the man to whom the idea first occurs."
Sir Francis Darwin
"Would you, my dear young friends, like to be inside with the five wise virgins, or outside, alone and in the dark with the five foolish ones."
Montagu Butler
All progress occurs because people dare to be different.
Harry Millner
"The spirit is smothered, as it were, by ignorance, but so soon as ignorance is destroyed, spirit shine forth, like the sun when released from clouds."
Sankara
"Success is a journey, not a destination."
Ben Sweetland
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
Walter Bagehot
Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.
Alfred A Montapert