Jul 2, 2010
Quotes by Rene Descartes
"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues".
Quotes by Thomas Dekker
"The best of men, that e'ere wore earth about him was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit. The first true gentleman that ever breathed".
Quotes by Dalai Lama
"It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practise the virtues of compassion and tolerance".
Quotes by Quentin Crisp
"Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to ... Read More
Jun 28, 2010
Quotes by John Dryden
"Yet dull religion teaches us content; But when we ask it where that blessing dwells, It points to pedant colleges and cells. In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin. Gods they had tried of every shape and size, That godsmiths could produce or priests devise. So over-violent or over-civil, that every man with him was God or Devil. Did wisely from expensive sins refrain, And never broke the Sabbath but for gain. ... Read More
May 28, 2010
Quotes by Charles Dickens
"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature".
Quotes by Destouches
"Those not present are always wrong".
Quotes by Rene Descartes
"Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it, that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of ... Read More
Jan 21, 2010
Quotes by Rene Descartes
"Travelling is almost like talking with men of other centuries".
Quotes by Don DeLillo
"Tourism is the march of stupidity".
Quotes by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"From whatever place I write you will expect that part of my "Travels" will consist of excursions in my own mind. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan, A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river ran, Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea".
Quotes by Charles II
"Brother, I am too old to go again to my ... Read More