The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
Edward John Phelps
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
20MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
The studied spontaneity of Horace.
Petronius
19MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.
Petronius
18MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
Not worth his salt.
Petronius
17MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
For with my own eyes I saw the Sibyl hanging in a bottle, and when the young boys asked her, ‘Sibyl, what do you want?’, she replied, ‘I want to die’ .
Petronius
16MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
One good turn deserves another.
Petronius
15MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
He has joined the great majority (the dead).
Petronius
14MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
A huge dog, tied by a chain, was painted on the wall and over it was written in capital letters ‘Beware of the dog.’
Petronius
13MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
Is all your knowledge to go so utterly for nothing unless other people know that you possess it?
Persius
12MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
That master of arts, that dispenser of genius, the Belly.
Persius