Rewrites In English Quotes & Sayings

I had not then learned the philosophy which teaches that he who would attempt enterprises of great command, must begin his government by laying its foundations in his own breast, in control of his own passions & that he who would survey the world must first sound the depth & shallows of his own character. — William Reynolds

Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance. — Claire Tomalin

Translation rewrites a foreign text in terms that are intelligible and interesting to readers in the receiving culture. Doing so is akin to committing an act of ethnocentric violence by uprooting the text from the language and culture that gave it life. Translating into current, standard English at once conceals that violence and homogenizes foreign cultures, — Lawrence Venuti

And so I have to live. Because we live for more than just ourselves, Most of the time we live for others, keep putting one foot before the other, left and right, left and right, so that walking becomes a habit, just like breathing. Ina n out, left and right. — Thrity Umrigar

Sometimes it's better just to think things through than to talk about them all the time. — Catherine Clark

The Bible is a precious storehouse, and the Magna Charta of a Christian. There he reads of his Heavenly Father's love, and of his dying Saviour's legacies. There he sees a map of his travels through the wilderness, and a landscape, too, of Canaan. — John Berridge

Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies. — Gautama Buddha

You have blundered into an adult existence you don't understand, and you can't tell whether you planned it this way or whether you screwed up big-time, though it's too late either way. — Rob Sheffield

Now we are even. — Lisi Harrison

What you keep alive is what you truly care about, no matter how many times you die in the process. — Shannon L. Alder

The mirror enjoyed telling people to "Look it up! — Dinah Havens