Category: Quote of the Day

See them clamber, these nimble apes! … Towards the throne they all strive: it is their madness—as if happiness sat on the throne! Ofttimes sitteth filth on the throne—and ofttimes also the throne on filth. Discuss

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another. Discuss

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser. Discuss

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Discuss

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. Discuss

To be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune. Discuss

How great would be the desire in every admirer of nature to behold, if such were possible, the scenery of another planet! Discuss

Strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others. Discuss

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works. Discuss

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. Discuss