What is ambition? ‘Tis a glorious cheat. Angels of light walk not so dazzlingly the sapphire walls of heaven. Willis
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless. Ovid
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little. Stanislaus, Leszczynski
What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star. Wordsworth, William
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine. Cicero
What is thought? It is not Matter, nor Spirit. It is not a Thing; but a Power and Force. I make upon a paper certain conventional marks, that represent that Thought. There is no Power or Virtue in the marks I write, but only in the Thought which they tell to others. I die, but […]
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Emerson, Ralph Waldo
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Emerson, Ralph Waldo
What light is to the eyes – what air is to the lungs – what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man. Ingersoll, Robert G.
What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more. Johnson, Samuel
What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please. Ovid
What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh! Repplier, Agnes
