Dead we become the lumber of the world.
John Wilmot
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
13JAN2026 – Quote of the Day
Then Old Age, and Experience, hand in hand,
Lead him to death, and make him understand,
After a Search so painful, and so long,
That all his Life he has been in the wrong.
John Wilmot
12JAN2026 – Quote of the Day
There’s not a thing on earth that I can name,
So foolish, and so false, as common fame.
John Wilmot
11JAN2026 – Quote of the Day
The Elephant is never won with Anger,
Nor must that man, who would reclaim a Lion,
Take him by the teeth.
John Wilmot
10JAN2026 – Quote of the Day
Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
John Wilmot
09JAN2026 – Quote of the Day
We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us.
François de La Rochefoucauld
08JAN2026 – Quote of the Day
It haint no use to grumble and complane
Its jest as cheap and easy to rejoice;
When God sorts out the weather and sends rain,
W’y rain’s my choice.
James Whitcomb Riley
07JAN2026 – Quote of the Day
An’ the Gobble-uns ’ll git you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!
James Whitcomb Riley
06JAN2026 – Quote of the Day
For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name,
He writes—not that you won or lost—but how you played the Game.
Grantland Rice
05JAN2026 – Quote of the Day
You are never to lose sight of nature; the instant you do, you are all abroad, at the mercy of every gust of fashion, without knowing or seeing the point to which you ought to steer.
Joshua Reynolds