There’s no getting blood out of a turnip.
Frederick Marryat
Tag: Quote of the Day
23FEB2024 – Quote of the Day
I think it much better that … every man paddle his own canoe.
Frederick Marryat
22FEB2024 – Quote of the Day
Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?
Christopher Marlowe
21FEB2024 – Quote of the Day
Was this the face that launch’d a thousand ships,
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss!
Christopher Marlowe
20FEB2024 – Quote of the Day
Above our life we love a steadfast friend.
Christopher Marlowe
19FEB2024 – Quote of the Day
Love always makes those eloquent that have it.
Christopher Marlowe
18FEB2024 – Quote of the Day
It may be, sir, that the politicians of the United States are not so fastidious as some gentlemen are, as to disclosing the principles on which they act. They boldly preach what they practise. When they are contending for victory, they avow their intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right, the advantages of success. They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy.
William Learned Marcy
17FEB2024 – Quote of the Day
The last shirt your wise man will abandon is pride.
Juan De Mariana
16FEB2024 – Quote of the Day
Qu’ils mangent de la brioche. “Let them eat cake!” (disputed)
Marie-Antoinette
15FEB2024 – Quote of the Day
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,
The emptiness of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the world.
Edwin Markham
from the The Man with the Hoe