What a woman thinks of women is the test of her nature.
George Meredith
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
18APR2024 – Quote of the Day
By the bye, there is one thing we haven’t agreed upon, which is, what we are to say. Is it to make our corn dearer or cheaper, or to make the price steady? I don’t care which: but we had better all be in the same story.
William Lamb
17APR2024 – Quote of the Day
What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.
William Lamb
16APR2024 – Quote of the Day
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one’s own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody’s else advice.
William Somerset Maugham
15APR2024 – Quote of the Day
A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden.
William Somerset Maugham
14APR2024 – Quote of the Day
The tragedy of love is indifference.
William Somerset Maugham
13APR2024 – Quote of the Day
Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.
William Somerset Maugham
12APR2024 – Quote of the Day
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
William Somerset Maugham
11APR2024 – Quote of the Day
The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes…
William Somerset Maugham
10APR2024 – Quote of the Day
…when you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right…
William Somerset Maugham