Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
– Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Category: You Were Saying
Words worthy of quoting and remembering.
Listen Up, All You Peacemongers, and Connect the Dots Correctly!
Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.
– Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
No Regrets, Thank You Very Much!
I hold it true, what’er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most;
‘Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all.
– Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1883)
Know What It Means To Be Punctual?
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
– William Shakespeare
Know What It Means To Live?
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
— Henry Miller
Look, Leap, And Be Sure To Land (On Solid Ground!)
To leap is not only to leap, it is to hit the ground somewhere.
– Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) Irish-born British novelist, short-story writer
Who Comes Nearest To Perfection?
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What Is The Measure Of A Man?
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
– Plutarch
