Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Quote Worthy


One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach; one can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few. - Anne Lindbergh

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. - Charles Colton 

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. - Josh Billings

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. - Francis Bacon

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. - Richard Nixon

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Only fools and dead men don’t change their minds. Fools won’t. Dead men can’t. - John H. Patterson

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