No young man believes he shall ever die. There is a feeling of Eternity in youth which makes us amends for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortals.
William Hazlitt
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
14JAN2022 – Quote of the Day
What would a man do, if he were compelled to live always in the sultry heat of society, and could never bathe himself in cool solitude?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
13JAN2022 – Quote of the Day
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream: it may be so the moment after death.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
12JAN2022 – Quote of the Day
If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the heart, which remains the same in all ages; so that commonplaces of a thousand years’ standing are as effective as ever.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
11JAN2022 – Quote of the Day
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
10JAN2022 – Quote of the Day
None but a fool is always right.
Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare
09JAN2022 – Quote of the Day
Children always turn toward the light.
Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare
08JAN2022 – Quote of the Day
A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.
Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare
07JAN2022 – Quote of the Day
She had the hard, half-apathetic expression of one who deems anything possible at the hands of Time and Chance except, perhaps, fair play.
Thomas Hardy
06JAN2022 – Quote of the Day
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.
Thomas Hardy