Darkly Comical Quotes

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Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels: first, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms rather than things and, second, to examine whether that on which we differ is worth contending about. – Colton

Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do the more he is able to accomplish. – Sir Thomas Buxton

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise. – W. D. Howells

We all have to learn, in one way or another, that neither men nor boys get second chances in the world. We all get new chances to the end of our lives, but not second chances in the same set of circumstances; and the great difference between one person and another is how he takes hold and uses his first chance, and how he takes his fall if it is scored against him. – Thomas Hughes

It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear. – E. H. Harriman

If you divorce capital from labor, capital is hoarded and labor starves. – Daniel Webster

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will be there to support you when all other resources are gone. It will be present to you when the energies of your body have fallen away from you. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live. – Anthony Trollope

A quiet conscience makes one so serene. – Byron