Wisdom Quotes — page 479

On ev'ry hand it will allowed be, He's just—nae better than he should be.

Humboldt relates the interesting fact, that after the annihilation of a large part of the inhabitants of Cumana, by an earthquake in 1766

The limits of the body seem well defined enough as definitions go, but definitions seldom go far.

[I]n July, 1889, I put all my affairs in the... corporation.., the Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company.

Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.

When the steede is stolne, shut the stable durre.

It was just a moment, and I saw myself. Then I no longer could say what I was.

172. A good Reputation is a fair Estate.

Pleasing ware is halfe sould.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn.

to augment them into general cataclysms and conflagrations.

We can see nothing face to face; our utmost seeing is but a fumbling of blind finger-ends in an overcrowded pocket.

The publication of some artistic works in illustrated papers were received with appreciation, and some successful competitions for semipublic buildings in New York put me in position to begin... tests and experiments with imported tiles.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Better late than never.

Thing thrown to a corner, rag fallen on the road, my ignoble being feigns itself in front of life.

146. A good Example is the best Sermon.

The scalded dog feares cold water.

Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous

When chill November's surly blast Made fields and forests bare.

Floods and volcanic eruptions, the agency of water and fire, are the chief instruments of devastation on our globe. ...it scarcely requires the passion for the marvelous

The Discobolus is put here because he is vulgar — He has neither vest nor pants with which to cover his limbs.

Shee had seene far in a milstone.