Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) Swiss-born French Philosopher
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher
You cannot run away from a weakness. You must sometimes fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) Scottish Novelist
For greed, all nature is too little.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
—Erich Fromm (1900–80) German-American Psychoanalyst, Social Philosopher
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
He who takes but never gives, may last for years but never lives.
—Unknown
The highest form of ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
How soon not now, becomes never.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven! Keep me in temper. I would not be mad.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Our strength grows out of our weaknesses.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
I had rather be a toad, and live upon the vapor of a dungeon than keep a corner in the thing I love for others uses.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes!
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Absurdity: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
One of these days is none of these days.
—Common Proverb
To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
The higher a man stands, the more the word “vulgar” becomes unintelligible to him.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.
—Eric Hoffer (1902–83) American Philosopher, Author
There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of ones fellow man.
—Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American Actor, Comedian, Singer
Cowards die a thousand deaths. The valiant taste of death but once.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French Poet, Playwright, Film Director
The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible.
—James Baldwin (1924–87) American Novelist, Social Critic
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