Aplaude In English Quotes & Sayings

Surely nothing is more reproachful to a being endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in dependence on the weather and the wind, for the only blessings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence. To look up to the sky for the nutriment of our bodies, is the condition of nature; to call upon the sun for peace and gaiety, or deprecate the clouds lest sorrow should overwhelm us, is the cowardice of idleness, and the idolatry of folly. — Samuel Johnson

Good Luck is rather particular who she rides with, and mostly prefers those who have got common sense and a good heart; at least that is my experience. — Anna Sewell

The preacher who casts a vote for conscience' sake, runs the risk of starving. — Mark Twain

I can't listen to my own voice, I don't like it. You see all your mistakes when you hear your voice. You see all your imperfections. — Cher

For this is England's greatest son, He that gain'd a hundred fights, And never lost an English gun. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart — Frederick Douglass

I'm filled with despair. We live in a pathological culture filled with rage and bitterness and greed. The hate-mongering and racism is reaching a frightening pitch. — Alison Hawthorne Deming

Life continually teaches. We eventually catch on. — Douglas Pagels