Aphorism Quotes - Page 2

• 

  Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Cute, God

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.9262, Delphi Classics

  110 Copy quote

  Show source
• 

  Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Worry

  624 Copy quote

• When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.

  Yevgeny Yevtushenko

  Truth, Lying, Silence

  95 Copy quote

• Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

  Isaac Asimov

  Wise, Peace, Military

  Isaac Asimov (1951). “The foundation trilogy: three classics of science fiction”

  99 Copy quote

  Show source

• Experience comes from bad judgment.

  Mark Twain

  Learning Something New, Hiking, Climbing

  37 Copy quote

• And the meek shall inherit the earth.

  Geddy Lee

  Ties, Horizon, Earth

  20 Copy quote

• The weak can never forgive.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strength, Being Strong, Forgiveness

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.155, A&C Black

  25 Copy quote

  Show source

• Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry.

  Nancy Mitford

  Girl, May, Spinsters

  'Love in a Cold Climate' (1949) pt. 1, ch. 2

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• Hit the nail on the head.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Latin

  John Heywood (1963). “A Dialogue of Proverbs”, Berkeley : University of California Press

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

  James Thurber

  Dog, Nature, Animal

  36 Copy quote

• It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Death, Play

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

  98 Copy quote

  Show source

• It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

  Winston Churchill

  Military, Book, Teaching

  My Early Life ch. 9 (1930)

  14 Copy quote

  Show source
• 

  The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

  289 Copy quote

  Show source

• Be realistic, demand the impossible!

  Che Guevara

  Ambition, Demand, Impossible

  960 Copy quote

• All complaining comes from pride.

  Joyce Meyer

  Christian, Pride, Complaining

  Twitter post from Apr 9, 2012

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• Two wrongs don't make a right.

  Roald Dahl

  Revenge, Humorous, Math

  Roald Dahl (2016). “The GFG: The Guid Freendly Giant: The BFG in Scots”, p.145, Black & White Publishing

  25 Copy quote

  Show source

• The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

  William Shakespeare

  Witty, Atheist, Memorable

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [99]

  35 Copy quote

  Show source

• What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies.

  Thomas Cranmer

  Love, Inspirational, Heart

  113 Copy quote

• Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

  Confucius

  Karma, Revenge, Philosophy

  163 Copy quote

• A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Life, Death

  'Sebastian Melmoth' (1905) p. 12. Oscariana (1910) p. 8

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• He who has rejected his demons badgers us to death with his angels

  Henri Michaux

  Angel, Poetry, Annoying People

  Henri Michaux (1994). “Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1984”, p.176, Univ of California Press

  69 Copy quote

  Show source

• War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

  George Orwell

  Strength, Peace, Freedom

  Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 1, ch. 1 (1949)

  87 Copy quote

  Show source

• Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It's exciting. It stimulates more progress. Nevertheless, growth is not constant and smooth. Erik Erikson quotes an aphorism to describe the formless forming of it. "I ain't what I ought to be. I ain't what I'm going to be, but I'm not what I was.

  Stella Chess

  School, People, Growth

  4 Copy quote

• An ancient Vedic aphorism says, "Infinite flexibility is the secret to immortality." When we cultivate flexibility in or consciousness, we renew ourselves in every moment and reverse the aging process.

  Deepak Chopra

  Secret, Aging, Consciousness

  15 Copy quote

• An apt aphorism half kills, half immortalizes.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Half

  5 Copy quote