Monday, February 6, 2012

Some Wise Quotes – 1




Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.                                                                             -         St Francis De Sales                                                          
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.                                                                                                -    Havelock Ellis

The great are only great, because we are on our knees. Let us rise.-         P.J.Proudhen        


To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
-         A.B.Alcott

Laugh and the world laughs with you
Weep and you weep alone;
For the sad earth must borrow its mirth
But has troubles enough of its own.                       
                                                        - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes.                            –   John Ray

Ill company is like a dog who dirts those most whom he loves best.
                       -         Swift
O don’t be sorrowful darling!
And don’t be sorrowful pray;
Taking the year together my dear
There isn’t more night than day.                                  
                                                           – Rembrandt Peale

A clever man commits no minor blunders.                             – Goethe

Do not be inquisitive. He who asks what has been said about him, who digs malicious talk, even if it has been private, disturbs his own peace.        
                                                                                                   – Seneca                                                                    
                                             


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