No sooner said than done—so acts your man of worth.
Ennius
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
18AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
A sure friend is known in unsure times.
Ennius
17AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
The Roman state survives by its ancient customs and its manhood.
Ennius
16AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
What is a communist?
One who hath yearnings
For equal division of unequal earnings.
Ebenezer Elliott
15AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm.
Elizabeth I (Queen of England and Ireland)
14AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
“You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don’t know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.”
Oliver Edwards
13AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Alva Edison
12AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
Everyone steals in commerce and industry. I’ve stolen a lot, myself. But I know how to steal! They don’t know how to steal!
Thomas Alva Edison
11AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.
Thomas Alva Edison
10AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours — and thrived on it.
Thomas Alva Edison