Quotes
Quotes about Pen
Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is, more knave than fool.
Now I will show myself To have more of the serpent than the dove; That is--more knave than fool.
A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things that he does not know; and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding his ignorance than the pendant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition.
I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. [Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]
No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, list'ning, in mid-air suspend their wings.
I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. [Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]
Laugh, and be fat, sir, your penance is known. They that love mirth, let them heartily drink, 'Tis the only receipt to make sorrow sink.
The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very expensive and dilatory.
Acting, First Rule of: Whatever happens, look as if you intended it to happen.
Ade's Law: Anybody can win--unless there happens to be a second entry.
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.
Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.
Liberty, as it is concieved by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behaviour.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
Some book there is that she desires to see. Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy. But thou art deeper read and better skilled: Come and take choice of all my library, And so beguile thy sorrow, till the heavens Reveal the damned contriver of this deed.
Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.
It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. -Carl Sandburg.
Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happend. -Mark Twain.
There is only one success-to be able to spend your life in your own way. Morrie Schwartz, in "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom -Christopher Morley.
