Fine Quotes

• All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

  Havelock Ellis

  Life, Moving On, Letting Go

  Havelock Ellis (1973). “Affirmations”, Milford House Publishing Company

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• It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living.

  Richard Le Gallienne

  Excess, Worth Living

  Richard Le Gallienne (1915). “Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays”

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• It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

  Aesop

  Being Yourself, Bird, Fables

  "The Jay and the Peacock". A fable by Aesop,

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• To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

  Jane Austen

  Nature, Flower, Perfect

  Jane Austen (1833). “Mansfield Park”, p.85

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• Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

  Robert Benchley

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  "With Truth as Our Sword". Book by C. E. Sylvester, February 2005.

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• Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Happiness, Marriage, Wedding

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Best Of Ambrose Bierce: The Damned Thing + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Devil's Dictionary + Chickamauga (4 Classics in 1 Book)”, p.48, e-artnow

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• Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.

  George Washington Carver

  Nature, Book, Fall

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• It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspiring, Honesty, Truth

  Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

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• The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Family, Best Effort

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• Insane people are always sure they're just fine. It's only the sane people who are willing to admit they're crazy.

  Nora Ephron

  Depression, Crazy, Insane Person

  "What a piece of work is man!: Camp's unfamiliar quotations from 2000 B.C. to the present", (p. 320), 1989.

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• It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

  Euripides

  Marriage, Beauty, Girl

  Euripides (1958). “Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts”

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• Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.

  Kinky Friedman

  Friendship, Dog, Money

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• It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Success, Motivation

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

  Paul Getty

  Art, Saws, Architecture

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• Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

  Herbert Hoover

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

  Herbert Hoover (1963). “Fishing for Fun - and to Wash Your Soul”

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• A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

  St. Jerome

  Exercise, Saint, Fats

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• There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

  Oscar Levant

  Inspirational, Funny, Depression

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I feel pretty good. My body actually looks like an old banana, but it's fine.

  Mike Piazza

  Health, Looks, Body

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• But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Art, Inspiration, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

  Lynda Obst

  Perseverance, Lines, Madness

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• California is a fine place to live - if you happen to be an orange.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Laughter, California

  American Magazine Dec. 1945, p. 120

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• Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.

  Woody Allen

  Death, Witty, Humorous

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• No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

  Max Beerbohm

  Work, Sacrifice, Self

  Max Beerbohm (2006). “And Even Now”, p.70, 1st World Publishing

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• True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Feelings, Enthusiasm, Flash

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• The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

  Wayne Dyer

  Life, Motivational, Spiritual

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