Words of Wisdom Quotes

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope You know nothing about Hope, that immortal, delicious maiden forever courted forever propitious, whom fools have called deceitful, as if it were Hope that carried the cup of disappointment, whereas it is her deadly enemy, Certainty, whom she only escapes by transformation. ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities. ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker. ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot "Adventurer" -- he that goes out to meet whatever may come. Well, that is what we all do in the world one way or another. ~ Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard He that wants money, means, and content, is without three good friends. ~ As You Like It by William Shakespeare How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! ~ Persuasion by Jane Austen "One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best." ~ Persuasion by Jane Austen It is in the uncompromisingness with which dogma is held and not in the dogma or want of dogma that the danger lies. ~ The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler