The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. Half, Robert
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes men from animals. Osler, Sir William
The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right. Simmons, Edward R.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is: that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t. Beecher, Henry Ward
The difficulty about a gentlemen’s agreement is that it depends on the continued existence of the gentlemen Payne, Reginald Withers
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. DeVries, Peter
The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb. Baker, Russell
The discipline of desire is the background of character. Locke, John
The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns. Kabbalah
The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor immovable, but moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both philosophically and theologically false, and at the least an error of faith. (Decision against Galileo) Roman Congregation
The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic. Beecher, Henry Ward
