Miscellaneous (continued)
Forgiveness
is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ~Mark
Twain (1835-1910)
Originality
does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying
exactly what you think yourself. ~James Stephens (1882-1950)
Even
if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
~Will Rogers (1879-1935)
All
the troubles of man come from his not knowing how to sit still. ~Blaise
Pascal (1623-1662)
Be
the inferior of no man, nor of any be the superior. Remember that every
man is a variation of yourself. No man's guilt is not yours, nor is any
man's innocence a thing apart. ~William Saroyan (1908-1981)
Peace
without justice is tyranny. ~Allen White (1868-1944)
Ideals
are like stars, although you will not succeed in touching them in your
hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them
as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
~Carl Schulz (1892-1906)
*contributed by TQuest*
If
you bow at all, bow low. ~Chinese proverb
(if you kow tow at all, kow tow low.)
If
a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on
me. ~Traditional
Ne
sis miser ante tempus.
Don't worry before it's time to do so.
~Seneca,
Epistles
A
raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.
By speaking of one's woes, one often assuages
them.
~Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), Polyeucte
Es
fácil el decir y difícil el obrar.
Talking is easy, action difficult.
~Spanish proverb
Man
is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav proverb
If
you would understand men, study women. ~French proverb
Men
are only animals anyway. They like to get out into the woods and growl
round at night and feel something bite them.
~Stephen Leacock, The Leacock Roundabout
Ogni
sublime acquisto
Va col suo rischio
insieme;
Questo incontrar
chi teme,
Quello non dee
sperar.
Every sublime conquest contains its own perils;
one man encounters what he fears, another what he dare not hope for.
~Pietro Metastasio, Il Trionfo di Clelia
Strenui
nimio plus prosunt populo quam arguti et cati.
Men of action are much more use to the people
than smooth, clever chaps. ~Terence, Truculentus

d'
authaireta
ek hontas.
Know
that men suffer under the evils they have brought upon themselves. ~Pythagoras,
Golden
Verses
A
man is known by the company he avoids. ~? (Unaccredited)
That was then, this is now, the moment is never the same twice. ~Mercedes Lackey, The Heralds of Valdemar.
Where do you hide a red fish? In a pond full of other red fish. ~Mercedes Lackey, The Heralds of Valdemar.
*both quotes submitted by Tasselhoff31*
Doers get to the top of an oak tree by climbing; wishers, by sitting on an acorn. ~? (Unaccredited)
-submitted by Justpjc123
*The End/Tamat*
