Darkly Comical Quotes

Where necessity ends, curiosity begins; and no sooner are we supplied with everything that nature can demand than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites. – Johnson

I never could believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden. – Richard Rumbold

In a free country there is much clamor with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint but much suffering. - Caruot

Whoever admits that he is too busy to improve his methods has acknowledged himself to be at the end of his rope. And that is always the saddest predicament, which anyone can get into. – J. Ogden Armour

God gives every bird its food; but he does not throw it into the nest. – J.G. Holland

Time is
Too slow for those who Wait,
Too swift for those who Fear,
Too long for those who Grieve;
Too short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is eternity. – Henry Van Dyke
A precedent embalms a principle. – Disraeli

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. – Churton Collins

No one has learned the meaning of life until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow men. Beran Wolfe