When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Self
Reputation is in itself only a farthing candle, of a wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit. – James Russell Lowell Category: Self
All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of a masterpiece. – Eddie Murphy, 1979 Category: Self
Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money. – Earl Warren Category: Money
I wont undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. – Francois Rabelais Category: Peace
