However you make your living is where your talent lies.
Ernest Hemingway
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
23FEB2022 – Quote of the Day
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin.
Ernest Hemingway
22FEB2022 – Quote of the Day
‘How did you go bankrupt?’ Bill asked.
‘Two ways,’ Mike said. ‘Gradually and then suddenly.’
Ernest Hemingway
21FEB2022 – Quote of the Day
Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowers to wither at the north-wind’s breath,
And stars to set; but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
The Hour of Death (1824)
Felicia Hemans
20FEB2022 – Quote of the Day
There is nothing so easily made offensive as good reasoning; and men of clear logical minds, if not gifted at the same time with tact, make more enemies than men with bad hearts and unsound understandings.
Sir Arthur Helps
19FEB2022 – Quote of the Day
Any one who is much talked of, must be much maligned. This seems to be a harsh conclusion; but when you consider how much more given men are to depreciate than to appreciate, you will acknowledge that there is some truth in the saying.
Sir Arthur Helps
18FEB2022 – Quote of the Day
Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion.
Sir Arthur Helps
17FEB2022 – Quote of the Day
Do not mistake energy for enthusiasm; the softest speakers are often the most enthusiastic of men.
Sir Arthur Helps
16FEB2022 – Quote of the Day
The more truth you can get into any business, the better. Let the other side know the defects of yours, let them know how you are to be satisfied, let there be as little to be found as possible (I should say nothing), and if your business be an honest one, it will be best tended in this way.
Sir Arthur Helps
15FEB2022 – Quote of the Day
No man ever praised two persons equally – and pleased them both.
Sir Arthur Helps