Margarethe Schurz Quotes & Sayings

Chese now," quod she, "oon of thise thynges tweye:
To han me foul and old til that I deye,
And be to yow a trewe, humble wyf,
And nevere yow displese in al my lyf,
Or elles ye wol han me yong and fair,
And take youre aventure of the repair
That shal be to youre hous by cause of me,
Or in som oother place, may wel be.
Now chese yourselven, wheither that yow liketh. — Geoffrey Chaucer

Liberty is not an end, but a means. Whoever mistakes it for an end does not know what to do once he attains it. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

People in Parliament occupy themselves with private animosities and petty quarrels, and think little of the national interest. It is impossible to credit the serene indifference with which they consider events outside their own country. — William III Of England

Qualities of Good Citizens ... is to admire what others have created in love and faith — Khalil Gibran

I've always got a whole bunch of things in the works. That's sort of the nature of the business. Even when you're doing something you love doing, you have to be plotting and scheming and writing and preparing for what you're going to do when that's finished. — Tom Green

Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes. — Antisthenes

Yes. And I'm rich now when I think about it. I own myself, and I'm worth eight hundred dollars. I wish I had the money. Then I wouldn't ever want anything else — Mark Twain

Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances. — Leo Tolstoy

Good reporting and good behavior are mutually exclusive. — Tom Rachman

He closed his eyes for a moment, and the color of his eyelashes was like the color of regret. — Eloisa James

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Our unending discords are the ransom of our freedom. — Rene Girard

I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I took occurred to me until many hours later. — Edgar Rice Burroughs