1793 Penny Quotes & Sayings

All men are children, and if you understand that, a woman understands everything. — Coco Chanel

A fool suffers, thinking,
"I have children! I have wealth!"
One's self is not even one's own.
How then are children? How then is wealth? — Gautama Buddha

I'm not a great believer in self-help. — Daniel Kahneman

What I learn today I shall know forever. Whether or not I remember that I know it is a different story. — Richelle E. Goodrich

But certainly for the present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, representation to reality, the appearance to the essence... illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Nay, sacredness is held to be enhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusion increases, so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness. — Ludwig Feuerbach

I'm still afraid of being totally honest. I'm more afraid of this than dying. — Natsuo Kirino

Why, my Lord, did you have to bring
Me down from the safety of my hill
Into the danger of your will? (David p. 34) — Madeleine L'Engle

If words come from the heart, they will enter the heart. If they come from the tongue, they will not pass beyond the ears. — Rumi

All he did from freshman year through sophomore was react
sneer, laugh, dismiss, find fault, demean
a young man's version of critical thinking. — Toni Morrison

Laziness, I am afraid, was Charles's distinguishing trait. — John Fowles