Let us try to see things from their better side: You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes; Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods That thorns have roses.
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
23 MAR2023 – Quote of the Day
If one wants to abolish the death penalty in this case, Messrs. murderers should take the first step: they do not kill, we will not kill them.
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
22 MAR2023 – Quote of the Day
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
(The more things change, the more they stay the same.)
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
21MAR2023 – Quote of the Day
Virtue is the one and only nobility.
Juvenal
20MAR2023 – Quote of the Day
We are now suffering the evils of a long peace. Luxury, more deadly than war, broods over the city, and avenges a conquered world.
Juvenal
19MAR2023 – Quote of the Day
But who is to guard the guards themselves?
Juvenal
18MAR2023 – Quote of the Day
Honesty is praised and starves.
Juvenal
17MAR2023 – Quote of the Day
It is difficult not to write satire.
Juvenal
16MAR2023 – Quote of the Day
No man ever became extremely wicked all at once.
Juvenal
15MAR2023 – Quote of the Day
You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.
Juvenal