Famous Informal Quotes & Sayings

Nobody destroys people - people destroy themselves, and it's very, very sad. — John Catsimatidis

Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived. — Thomas Paine

Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless. — Ovid

Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well a religious emotion, a poetic mood, which gives depth to the adventure of humanity. — Henry Beston

There is no more terrible woe upon earth than the woe of the stricken brain, which remembers the days of its strength, the living light of its reason, the sunrise of its proud intelligence, and knows that these have passed away like a tale that is told ... — Ouida

Sydney's arms were beginning to ache from lifting the shovel, but for the first time in a year, she wasn't cold. Her cheeks burned, and she was sweating through her coat, and she felt alive.
As far as she was concerned, that was the only good thing about digging up a corpse. — Victoria Schwab

If you want to make amends for the life you have led then start now. — Sam J. Charlton

They thought it was an enemy but it was only their own reflection. — Giles Foden

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life. — James M. Barrie

To believe or not to believe, is a problem. To leave or to conceive is another problem. To ascertain and to achieve is to solve the problem. — A. Saleh

I don't know what that means. To truly live."
"To find work that you love, and work harder than other men. To learn the languages of the earth, and love the sounds of the words and the things they describe. To love food and music and drink. Fully love them. To love weather, and storms, and the smell of rain. To love heat. To love cold. To love sleep and dreams. To love the newness of each day. — Pete Hamill

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies. — James Anthony Froude