The great sea makes one a great sceptic. – Richard Jefferies Category: WaterAuthorRichard JefferiesRead Quote
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor, they also shall cry themselves, but not be heard. – Bible Category: Poverty
Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. – James Baldwin Category: Poverty
For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. – John Gardner Category: Poverty
Most of the noted literary men have indulged in the prudent habit of selecting favorite passages for future reference. – Charles F. Schutz, Sayings: Proverbs, Maxims, Mottoes, 1915 Category: Quotations
Good, better, best – never let it rest – till your good is better – and your better best. – John Furphy Category: Quality
An old thing becomes new if you detach it from what usually surrounds it. – Robert Bresson Category: Fashion
It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle. РAndr̩ Gide, Journals, 26 October 1924 Category: Miscellaneous
