Quotes Of Fools And Foolishness [0206]

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Quotes by William Temple "If a man is going to be a villain, in heaven's name let him remain a fool". Quotes by Sir Richard Steele "No woman of spirit thinks a man hath any respect fo her 'till he hath plaid the fool in her service". Quotes by William Shenstone "A fool and his words are soon parted; a man of genius and his money". Quotes by William Shakespeare "Lord, what fools these mortals be! But love is blind and lovers cannot see, The pretty follies that ... Read More

Quotes Of Eating And Drinking [1405]

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Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley "We'll have tea and toast, Custards for supper, and an endless host, Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies, And other such lady-like luxuries". Quotes by George Bernard Shaw "I'm only a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotaller. There is no love sincerer than the love of food". Quotes by William Shakespeare "There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it a felony to drink small beer. ... Read More

Quotes Of The Natural World [1004]

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Quotes by Adlai Ewing Stevenson "Nature is neutral. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or to make the deserts bloom. There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls". Quotes by Herbert Spencer "The behaviour of men to the lower animals, and their behaviour to each other, bear a constant relationship". Quotes by Alexander Smith "Nature never quite goes along with us. She is sombre at weddings, sunny at funerals, and she frowns on ninety-nine out of a ... Read More

Quotes Of Friends And Friendship [2702]

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Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley "When a man marries, dies or turns Hindoo, His best friends hear no more of him". Quotes by William Shakespeare "I count myself in nothing else so happy, As in a soul remembering my good friends. Our plot is as good a plot as ever was laid; our friends true and constant; a good plot, good friends, and full of expectation; an excellent plot, very good friends. Call you that backing of your friends? A plague upon such backing. Yet ... Read More

Quotes Of War And Peace [1702]

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Quotes by William Shakespeare "Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more: Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace ther's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'ed rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon ... Read More

Quotes Of Human Nature [1202]

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Quotes by Vittorio De Sica "Moral indignation is in most cases 2 percent moral, 48 percent indignation and 50 percent envy". Quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan "Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible". Quotes by William Shakespeare "'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss. 3rdfisherman: Master, I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. 1st fisherman: Why, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones". Quotes by Seneca "Man is a social animal. Man is a reasoning animal. To ... Read More

Quotes Of Fate Fortune And Luck [3101]

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Quotes by Sophocies "Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted. Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man fares well and the man who fares badly; and thee is no prophet of the future for mortal men". Quotes by William Shakespeare "III blows the wind that profits nobody. One writ with me in sour misfortune's book! Not the ill wind which blows man no good. Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may ... Read More