Which. like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Shakespeare in As you Like It
Best Quotations
10 February 2010
Quote on Adversity by Shakespeare
Sweet are the uses of adversity;
Which. like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Which. like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
09 February 2010
Quote on Adversity by Hazlitt
Prosperity is a great teacher; but adversity is a greater teacher. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.
Hazlitt
08 February 2010
Quote on Adversity by Colton
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
Colton
07 February 2010
Quote on Adversity by Aughey
God brings men into deep water, not to drown them but to cleanse them.
Aughey
06 February 2010
05 February 2010
04 February 2010
Quote on Admiration by La Rochefoucauld
We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire.
La Rouchefoucauld
03 February 2010
02 February 2010
Quote on Admiration by Bierce
Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Bierge in the Devil's Dictionary
01 February 2010
Quote on Admiration by Addison
Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
Addison in The Spectator
31 January 2010
Quote on Action by Woodruff
Out of the strain of the doing, into the peace of the done.
Julia Woodruff in Gone
30 January 2010
29 January 2010
28 January 2010
Quote on Action by Schiller
He that is overcautious will accomplish little.
Schiller in Wilhelm Tell
27 January 2010
Quote on Action by Sallust
Get good counsel before you begin: and when you have decided, act promptly.
Sallust in Catilina
26 January 2010
25 January 2010
24 January 2010
Quote on Action by Marvell
He nothing common did, or mean,
Upon that memorable scene
Upon that memorable scene
Marvell in Horatian Ode
23 January 2010
Quote on Action by Lowell
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
Lowell
22 January 2010
Quote on Action by Longfellow
Let us then be up and doing, with a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.
Longfellow in Psalm of Life
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