Saturday, June 13, 2009

Darkly Comical Quotes

He’s no failure. He’s not dead yet. – W.L. George

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible. – C. Malesherbes

Should one look through a red glass at a white lily, he would seem to see a red lilly. But there would be no red lilly. So it is with humanity’s problems. They consist of false mental pictures. – M.D. Garbrick

How men long for celebrity! Some would willingly sacrifice their lives for fame, and not a few would rather be known by their crimes than not known at all. – Sinclair

Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. – Hans Margolius

Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another. – Landor

Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal: no one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you. – Lord Chesterfield

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace. – J. Lubbock

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