Gombanpal Artist Quotes & Sayings

It often happens that we blurt out things that may in some kind of way be harmful to us, but we are silent about things that may make us look ridiculous; because in this case effect follows very quickly on cause. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time. — Mary Wollstonecraft

I have absolutely no histrionic talent, none at all, a constitutional handicap in almost all undertakings of life;but then, after all, plenty of actors possess little enough. — Anthony Powell

When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may. — Joseph Lancaster

So that is what history is, people and places that disappear, or are beheaded, or get damaged or nearly do, and things and places and people that get tortured and burned and so on. But this does not mean that history is not the unseen things as well. — Ali Smith

Admittedly, I am only seventeen now. But some years are longer than others. — John Green

The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor. — Arthur Conan Doyle

He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism. — Voltaire