Addison, Joseph -- The Spectator #256 (24 Dec 1711)
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesmanThe Spectator #256 (24 Dec 1711)
View ArticleHume, David -- (Attributed)
It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; for this may be done by one great or wise action in an age. But to escape censure a man must pass his whole life without saying or doing one ill or...
View ArticleSelden, John -- Table Talk (1689)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.
View ArticleBurke, Thomas -- In T.P.’s Weekly (8 Jun 1928)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . Watch how a man takes praise, and there you have the measure of him.
View ArticleMatthew 6:1-6 (NIV)
“Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with...
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If you want to be adored by your peers and have standing ovations wherever you go — live to be over ninety. George Abbott (1887-1995) American director, producer, dramatist (Attributed) Quoted in his...
View ArticleHuxley, Aldous -- (Attributed)
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, essayist and critic(Attributed) In Reader's Digest (1934).
View ArticleRobinson, Edwin Arlington -- “Richard Corey” (1897)
Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean-favored and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was...
View ArticleCicero, Marcus Tullius -- De Officiis [On Duties; On Moral Duty; The...
People are egregiously mistaken if they think they ever can attain to permanent popularity by hypocrisy, by mere outside appearances, and by disguising not only their language but their looks. True...
View ArticlePratchett, Terry -- Good Omens, “Wednesday” (1990) [with Neil Gaiman]
She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close. Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English authorGood Omens, “Wednesday”...
View ArticleChild, Lydia Marie -- Letters from New-York, # 34, 1843-01 “Woman’s Rights”...
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and...
View ArticleHeschel, Abraham -- (Attributed)
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) Polish-American rabbi, theologian, philosopher(Attributed) Quoted by his student,...
View ArticleGide, André -- Journal (1906-02-13) [tr. O’Brien (1947)]
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented. André Gide (1869-1951) French author, Nobel laureateJournal (1906-02-13) [tr. O’Brien (1947)]
View ArticleVan Dyke, Henry -- “The Foot-path to Peace,” Tacoma Times (1 Jan 1904)
To be glad of life because it gives you to chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars — to be satisfied with your possessions but not content with yourself until you have made...
View ArticleTwain, Mark -- The Tragedy of Pudd’n’head Wilson, ch. 6 (1894)
Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]The Tragedy of Pudd’n’head Wilson, ch. 6 (1894) Sometimes...
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