4 ITALIAN PROVERB THE ABSENT HAVE A RINGING IN THE EARS WHEN THEY ARE TALKED ABOUT. PLINY THE ELDER HE WRONGS NOT AN OLD MAN THAT STEALS HIS SUPPER FROM HIM. GEORGE HERBERT NO MAN HAS LIVED TO MUCH PURPOSE UNLESS HE HAS BUILT A HOUSE, BEGOTTEN A SON, OR WRITTEN A BOOK. ITALIAN PROVERB A WISE MAN KNOWS EVERYTHING; A SHREWD ONE EVERYBODY. ANONYMOUS ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENTS IN THE WORLD WEIGH LESS THAN A SINGLE LOVELY ACTION. J. R. LOWELL AN ADMIRAL HAS TO BE PUT TO DEATH NOW AND THEN TO ENCOURAGE THE OTHERS. VOLTAIRE WE ALWAYS LOVE THOSE WHO ADMIRE US, BUT WE DO NOT ALWAYS LOVE THOSE WHOM WE ADMIRE. LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AN ADULT IS ONE WHO HAS CEASED TO GROW VERTICALLY BUT NOT HORIZONTALLY. ANONYMOUS ADVERTISEMENTS CONTAIN THE ONLY TRUTHS TO BE RELIED ON IN A NEWSPAPER. THOMAS JEFFERSON NO ONE CAN GIVE YOU BETTER ADVICE THAN YOURSELF. CICERO SOMETIMES A FOOL MAKES A GOOD SUGGESTION. NICOLAS BOILEAU YOUNG MEN SOON GIVE, AND SOON FORGET, AFFRONTS; OLD AGE IS SLOW IN BOTH. JOSEPH ADDISON ONE SHOULD NEVER TRUST A WOMAN WHO TELLS ONE HER REAL AGE. A WOMAN WHO WOULD TELL THAT WOULD TELL ANYTHING. OSCAR WILDE WHEN THE AGE IS IN, THE WIT IS OUT. SHAKESPEARE I AM AS ONE WHO IS LEFT ALONE AT A BANQUET, THE LIGHTS DEAD AND THE FLOWERS FADED. E. G. BULWER-LYTTON MY IDEA OF AN AGREEABLE PERSON IS A PERSON WHO AGREES WITH ME. BENJAMIN DISRAELI ALL LIVE THINGS LOOK BIGGER THAN DEAD ONES. ADRIAN JONES IT IS BETTER TO BE ALONE THAN IN ILL COMPANY. GEORGE PETTIE EAGLES COMMONLY FLY ALONE; THEY ARE CROWS, DAWS AND STARLINGS THAT FLOCK TOGETHER. JOHN WEBSTER A RACE OF ALTRUISTS IS NECESSARILY A RACE OF SLAVES. A RACE OF FREE MEN IS NECESSARILY A RACE OF EGOISTS. MAX STIRNER AMBITION, HAVING REACHED THE SUMMIT, LONGS TO DESCEND. PIERRE CORNEILLE EVERY EEL HOPES TO BECOME A WHALE. GERMAN PROVERB MAN IS DESCENDED FROM A HAIRY, TAILED QUADRUPED, PROBABLY ARBOREAL IN ITS HABITS. CHARLES DARWIN A MULE ALWAYS BOASTS THAT ITS ANCESTORS WERE HORSES. GERMAN PROVERB IN HEAVEN AN ANGEL IS NOBODY IN PARTICULAR. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY SAY NOTHING AND DO NOTHING UNTIL YOU HAVE RECITED THE ALPHABET. ATHENODORUS CANANITES WHEN ANGRY, COUNT FOUR; WHEN VERY ANGRY, SWEAR. MARK TWAIN ANIMALS HEAR ABOUT DEATH FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY DIE. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER ANTS ARE NEVER FOUND IN EMPTY BARNS. OVID DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY'RE HATCHED. ENGLISH PROVERB TO ANTIQUITY ITSELF I THINK NOTHING DUE. FOR IF WE WILL REVERENCE THE AGE, THE PRESENT IS THE OLDEST. THOMAS HOBBES ALL THAT GLISTERS IS NOT GOLD. SHAKESPEARE IT IS ONLY SHALLOW PEOPLE WHO DO NOT JUDGE BY APPEARANCES. OSCAR WILDE THE SILENCE THAT ACCEPTS MERIT AS THE MOST NATURAL THING IN THE WORLD IS THE HIGHEST APPLAUSE. R. W. EMERSON IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THINGS IN ORDER TO ARGUE ABOUT THEM. CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS ARGUMENTS ARE TO BE AVOIDED; THEY ARE ALWAYS VULGAR AND OFTEN CONVINCING. OSCAR WILDE GOVERNMENTS NEED ARMIES TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST THEIR ENSLAVED AND OPPRESSED SUBJECTS. TOLSTOY ART IS A HIGHER TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE THAN EXPERIENCE. ARISTOTLE A WORK OF ART IS A CORNER OF CREATION SEEN THROUGH A TEMPERAMENT. EMILE ZOLA IF YOU ASPIRE TO THE HIGHEST PLACE IT IS NO DISGRACE TO STOP AT THE SECOND, OR EVEN THE THIRD. CICERO THY DESTINY IS ONLY THAT OF MAN, BUT THY ASPIRATIONS MAY BE THOSE OF A GOD. OVID WHEN A DOVE BEGINS TO ASSOCIATE WITH CROWS ITS FEATHERS REMAIN WHITE BUT ITS HEART GROWS BLACK. GERMAN PROVERB EVERY BABY BORN INTO THE WORLD IS A FINER ONE THAN THE LAST. CHARLES DICKENS A BANKER IS A MAN WHO LENDS YOU AN UMBRELLA WHEN THE WEATHER IS FAIR, AND TAKES IT AWAY FROM YOU WHEN IT RAINS. ANONYMOUS IF YOU BUY A COW TAKE THE TAIL INTO THE BARGAIN. THOMAS FULLER FAME IS A VAPOR; POPULARITY AN ACCIDENT; RICHES TAKE WINGS; THE ONLY CERTAINTY IS OBLIVION. HORACE GREELEY HE IS THE HAPPIEST OF WHOM THE WORLD SAYS THE LEAST, GOOD OR BAD. THOMAS JEFFERSON THE OBVIOUS IS THAT WHICH IS NEVER SEEN UNTIL SOMEONE EXPRESSES IT SIMPLY. KAHLIL GIBRAN BEING AN OLD MAID IS LIKE DEATH BY DROWNING, A REALLY DELIGHTFUL SENSATION AFTER YOU CEASE TO STRUGGLE. EDNA FERBER PEOPLE WILL BUY ANYTHING THAT'S ONE TO A CUSTOMER. SINCLAIR LEWIS OPERA IN ENGLISH IS, IN THE MAIN, JUST ABOUT AS SENSIBLE AS BASEBALL IN ITALIAN. H. L. MENCKEN OPPORTUNITY: A FAVORABLE OCCASION FOR GRASPING A DISAPPOINTMENT. AMBROSE BIERCE YOU CAN'T HOLD A MAN DOWN WITHOUT STAYING DOWN WITH HIM. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WHAT A GOOD THING ADAM HAD--WHEN HE SAID A GOOD THING, HE KNEW NOBODY HAD SAID IT BEFORE. MARK TWAIN I WOULD RATHER SIT ON A PUMPKIN AND HAVE IT ALL TO MYSELF THAN BE CROWDED ON A VELVET CUSHION. HENRY DAVID THOREAU THE FIRST HALF OF OUR LIVES IS RUINED BY OUR PARENTS AND THE SECOND HALF BY OUR CHILDREN. CLARENCE DARROW BEE TO THE BLOSSOM, MOTH TO THE FLAME; EACH TO HIS PASSION; WHAT'S IN A NAME? HELEN HUNT JACKSON DOCTORS THINK A LOT OF PATIENTS ARE CURED WHO HAVE SIMPLY QUIT IN DISGUST. DON HEROLD I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY. NATHAN HALE THE MOST ANNOYING OF ALL BLOCKHEADS IS A WELL-READ FOOL. BAYARD TAYLOR GOD MUST HAVE LOVED THE COMMON-LOOKING PEOPLE: HE MADE SO MANY OF THEM. ABRAHAM LINCOLN A MAN WILL SOMETIMES DEVOTE ALL HIS LIFE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE PART OF HIS BODY--THE WISHBONE. ROBERT FROST WHEN MEN AND WOMEN AGREE, IT IS ONLY IN THEIR CONCLUSIONS; THEIR REASONS ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENT. GEORGE SANTAYANA GOD WOVE A WEB OF LOVELINESS, OF CLOUDS AND STARS AND BIRDS, BUT MADE NOT ANYTHING AT ALL SO BEAUTIFUL AS WORDS. ANNA H. BRANCH THERE WILL NEVER BE A SYSTEM INVENTED WHICH WILL DO AWAY WITH THE NECESSITY FOR WORK. HENRY FORD HABIT IS A CABLE; WE WEAVE A THREAD OF IT EVERY DAY, AND AT LAST WE CANNOT BREAK IT. HORACE MANN HAPPINESS SNEAKS IN THROUGH A DOOR YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU LEFT OPEN. JOHN BARRYMORE I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE THE DAY WHEN GIRLS WOULD GET SUNBURNED IN THE PLACES THEY NOW DO. WILL ROGERS ANY FOOL CAN MAKE A RULE AND EVERY FOOL WILL MIND IT. HENRY DAVID THOREAU THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RUT AND A GRAVE IS THEIR DIMENSIONS. ELLEN GLASGOW THE PURE IN HEART ARE FREE OF SUSPICION; THE GREAT CANNOT BE HUMILIATED. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT SOME MEN FEEL THAT THE ONLY THING THEY OWE THE WOMAN WHO MARRIES THEM IS A GRUDGE. HELEN ROWLAND THERE IS NO REFUGE FROM CONFESSION BUT SUICIDE; AND SUICIDE IS CONFESSION. DANIEL WEBSTER IT IS NEVER WHAT A POEM SAYS THAT MATTERS, BUT WHAT IT IS. T. S. ELIOT POVERTY OFTEN DEPRIVES A MAN OF ALL SPIRIT AND VIRTUE; IT IS HARD FOR AN EMPTY SACK TO STAND UPRIGHT. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR A MAN OF FORCE AND HE MAKES ROOM FOR MANY. RALPH WALDO EMERSON I PRAY EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF MY LIFE; NOT ON MY KNEES, BUT WITH MY WORK. SUSAN B. ANTHONY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT THINK, IT IS BEST AT LEAST TO REARRANGE THEIR PREJUDICES ONCE IN A WHILE. LUTHER BURBANK WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL IS GOOD, AND WHO IS GOOD WILL SOON BE BEAUTIFUL. SAPPHO BEAUTY IS AS SUMMER FRUITS, WHICH ARE EASY TO CORRUPT, AND CANNOT LAST. FRANCIS BACON THE BEE IS MORE HONORED THAN OTHER ANIMALS, NOT BECAUSE SHE LABORS, BUT BECAUSE SHE LABORS FOR OTHERS. ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM ALL THINGS IN THEIR BEGINNING ARE GOOD FOR SOMETHING. GEORGE HERBERT HE THAT CLIMBS A LADDER MUST BEGIN AT THE FIRST ROUND. SIR WALTER SCOTT TO BE, OR NOT TO BE: THAT IS THE QUESTION. SHAKESPEARE BEAUTY IS TRUTH, TRUTH BEAUTY. JOHN KEATS BELIEVE ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE AND NOTHING OF WHAT YOU HEAR. DINAH MULOCK CRAIK HE WHO DOES NOT MIND HIS BELLY WILL HARDLY MIND ANYTHING ELSE. SAMUEL JOHNSON WHEN WE ARE BORN WE CRY THAT WE ARE COME TO THIS GREAT STAGE OF FOOLS. SHAKESPEARE IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND THE ONE-EYED MAN IS KING. DESIDERIUS ERASMUS WE ARE BOUND TO OUR BODIES LIKE AN OYSTER TO ITS SHELL. PLATO SOME BOOKS ARE TO BE TASTED, OTHERS TO BE SWALLOWED, AND SOME FEW TO BE CHEWED AND DIGESTED. FRANCIS BACON A BOY IS, OF ALL WILD BEASTS, THE MOST DIFFICULT TO MANAGE. PLATO THERE'S NO BOOK SO BAD BUT SOMETHING GOOD MAY BE FOUND IN IT. CERVANTES SOME HAVE BEEN THOUGHT BRAVE BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID TO RUN AWAY. THOMAS FULLER BREAD ALWAYS FALLS ON ITS BUTTERED SIDE. ENGLISH PROVERB SPEAK ROUGHLY TO YOUR LITTLE BOY, AND BEAT HIM WHEN HE SNEEZES. LEWIS CARROLL ALL I DESIRE FOR MY OWN BURIAL IS NOT TO BE BURIED ALIVE. LORD CHESTERFIELD ALL BUSINESS SAGACITY REDUCES ITSELF IN THE LAST ANALYSIS TO A JUDICIOUS USE OF SABOTAGE. THORSTEIN VEBLEN AND WHAT'S A BUTTERFLY? AT BEST, HE'S BUT A CATERPILLAR, DREST. JOHN GAY THERE ARE MORE FOOLS AMONG BUYERS THAN AMONG SELLERS. FRENCH PROVERB CALAMITIES ARE OF TWO KINDS: MISFORTUNE TO OURSELVES, AND GOOD FORTUNE TO OTHERS. AMBROSE BIERCE HOW FAR THAT LITTLE CANDLE THROWS HIS BEAMS! SO SHINES A GOOD DEED IN A NAUGHTY WORLD. SHAKESPEARE WHEN ONE IS PAST, ANOTHER CARE WE HAVE, THUS WOE SUCCEEDS A WOE, AS WAVE A WAVE. ROBERT HERRICK WHEN ALL CANDLES BE OUT, ALL CATS BE GREY. JOHN HEYWOOD CAULIFLOWER IS NOTHING BUT CABBAGE WITH A COLLEGE EDUCATION. MARK TWAIN THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS ARE OFTEN DETERMINED BY VERY TRIVIAL CAUSES. CICERO CHANCE IS A WORD DEVOID OF SENSE; NOTHING CAN EXIST WITHOUT A CAUSE. VOLTAIRE
