| Quotes |
Topic |
| Agreement | He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still. |
| Boredom | The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. |
| Christianity | Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883 The New Jerusalem, when it comes, will probably be found so far to resemble the old as to stone its prophets freely. |
| Conscience | Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. |
| Dogs | The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may -make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. |
| Evil | Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint. |
| Freedom | He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still. |
| Gold | Though wisdom cannot be gotten with gold, still less can it be gotten without it. |
| History | It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence. |
| History | God cannot alter the past, though historians can. |
| Independence | Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success. |
| Lawyers | A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers. |
| Lies | Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. |
| Life | Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises. |
| Life | Life is one long process of getting tired. |
| Life | Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. |
| Life | All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. |
| Loss | 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. |
| Love | To live is to love; all reason is against it; instinct is for it. |
| Love lost | 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. |
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