A man not old, but mellow, like good wine.
Stephen Phillips
Tag: Quote of the Day
25MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
Thrice happy time,
Best portion of the various year, in which
Nature rejoiceth, smiling on her works
Lovely, to full perception wrought!
John Philips
24MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
Timely blossom, Infant fair,
Fondling of a happy pair.
And thou shalt in thy daughter see,
This picture, once, resembled thee.
Wearied then and glad of rest,
Like the linnet in the nest.
Ambrose Philips
23MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
Χαίρετε, νικῶμεν.
Joy to you, we’ve won.
Pheidippides
Athenian courier (hemerodrome) who delivered news of the allied Greek victory over the Persians at Marathon to the Athenian magistrates, dying immediately thereafter.
22MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
Don’t cheer boys; those poor devils are dying.
John Woodward Philip
21MAY2025 – Quote of the Day
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
Edward John Phelps
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