Today is about the letter Q. So I’m sharing some of my favorite quotes.
“Good is not good, where better is expected. ``Thomas Fuller
(1608 – 1661). The Church-History of Britain ,
1655.
“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.” Seneca
The Younger (5? B.C. – A.D. 65). “On
Sophistical Argumentation,” Moral Letters to Lucilius, 34.1, tr Richard M.
Gunmere, 1918.
“Less is more.” Robert Browning (1812 – 1889). “Andrea del
Sarto” (I. 78), Men and Women, 1855.
“We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as
when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.”
William Hazlitt (1778-1830). Characteristics in the Manner of
Rochefoucault’s Maxims. 163, 1823.
“Big Brother Is Watching You.” George Orwell (1903 – 1950) The caption under
the ubiquitous poster of a glaring Big Brother, Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1.1,
1949.
“The greatest strength and wealth is self-control.” Pythagoras (6th cent. B.C.)
“Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.” Charles H.
Parkhurst (1842 -1933). “The Good Samaritan,” sermon.
“Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.” David Starr Jordan
(1851- 1931) The Philosophy of Hope, 2nd ed. (1st ed. Title:
The Philosophy of Despair), p. 39, 1907 (1902).
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