Category Archives: Famous Quotations

Shakespeare, William (1564 – 1616), Greatest English dramatist & poet Talkers are no good doers; be assur’d we come to use our hands and not our tongues. Things won are done; joy’s soul lies in the doing. Be great in … Continue reading →

Wilde, Oscar (1854 – 1900), Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes. The aim … Continue reading →

Shaw, George Bernard (1856 – 1950), Irish dramatist & socialist People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and … Continue reading →

Seneca (5 BC – 65 AD), Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body. It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that … Continue reading →

Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803 – 1882) US essayist & poet In the highest civilisation, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity. A hero is no braver … Continue reading →

Russell, Bertrand (1872 – 1970), British author, mathematician, & philosopher The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, … Continue reading →

Maugham, W. Somerset (1874 – 1965), English dramatist & novelist I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens. I daresay one profits … Continue reading →

Voltaire (1694 – 1778) French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist Indolence is sweet, and its consequences bitter. God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in … Continue reading →

Byron, Lord (1788 – 1824), English poet & satirist Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. A pretty woman is a welcome guest. Oh! Too convincing – dangerously dear – In woman’s eye the unanswerable tear! “The Corsair” … Continue reading →

Butler, Samuel (1835 – 1902), English composer, novelist, & satiric author If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. An … Continue reading →