Sep 4, 2010
Quotes by William Shakespeare
"Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this sun of York. When well apparell'd April on the heel, Of limping winter treads. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day, Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. O, call back yesterday, bid time return. How many things by season season'd are to their right praise and true perfection! Fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world. Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou ... Read More
Sep 3, 2010
Quotes by Wallis Simpson
"I married the Duke for better or worse, but not for lunch."
Quotes by William Shakespeare
"Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade.To shepherds looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy. To kings that fear their subjects' treachery? A king of shreds and patches. Ay, every inch a king. It is well done, and fitting for a princess. Descended of so many royal kings. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Not all the ... Read More
Sep 1, 2010
Quotes by St Augustine
"Give me chastity and continence, but not yet".
Quotes by Wystan Hugh Auden
"I'll love you, dear, I'll love you, Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street. I'll love you till the ocean, Is folded and hung up to dry, And the seven stars go squawking, Like geese about the sky. He was my North, my South, my East, my West, My working week and my Sunday ... Read More
Aug 31, 2010
Quotes by Edward VIII
"Perhaps one of the only positive piece of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: "Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.'"
Quotes by Finlay Peter Dunne
"Don't jump on a man unless he's down".
Quotes by Phyllis Diller
"Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight".
Quotes by Sir Noel Coward
"[On acting] Just know your lines and don't ... Read More
Aug 30, 2010
Quotes by George Orwell
"Within certain limits it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry".
Quotes by Malcolm Muggeridge
"About money and sex it is impossible to be truthful ever, one's ego is too involved".
Quotes by Henry More
"It is good for a man to have that wherewith he may live well and happily".
Quotes by Edward Moore
"I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice".
Quotes by John Milton
"Let none admire, That riches grow in hell; that soil may best, Deserve ... Read More
Aug 28, 2010
Quotes by William Butler Yeats
"A statesman is an easy man, He tells his lies by rote. So stay at him and drink your beer, And let the neighbours vote, Said the man in the golden breastplate, Under the old stone cross".
Quotes by William Wordsworth
"The gold old rule, Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can".
Quotes by Tom Wolfe
"It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, ... Read More
Aug 26, 2010
Quotes by Philip Dormer Stanhope
"I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for hours will take care of themselves. Know the true value of time; snatch, seize and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination".
Quotes by Herbert Spencer
"Time: that which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him".
Quotes by Robert Southwell
"Time and wind stay no man's pleasure".
Quotes by Samuel Smiles
"Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will ... Read More