Quotes
Quotes about Men
Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.
Yea, at that very moment Consideration like an angel came And whipped th' offending Adam out of him, Leaving his body as a paradise T' envelop and contain celestial spirits.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Tush! Tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne, Comparisons are cruele: Fine pictures suit in frames as fine, Consistencie's a jewell. For thee and me coarse cloathes are best, Rude folks in homelye raiment drest, Wife Joan and goodman Robin.
In complex situations, we may rely too heavily on planning and forecasting and underestimate the importance of random factors in the environment. That reliance can also lead to delusions of control.
Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements.
When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, 'tis much to draw them thence, So sweet is zealous contemplation.
Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings, But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings.
From labour health, from health contentment spring; Contentment opes the source of every joy.
Where wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone.
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
'Tis a hydra's head contention; the more they strive the more they may: and as Praxiteles did by his glass, when he saw a scurvy face in it, brake it in pieces; but for that one he saw many more as bad in a moment.
Agreement exists in disagreement. [Lat., Mansit concordia discors.]
The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
Patience is the key to contentment.
If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious giftsâa selective memory.
It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.
Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
