It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. – James Russell Lowell Category: Instinct
Instinct. When the house burns one forgets even lunch. Yes, but one eats it later in the ashes. – Friedrich Nietzsche Category: Instinct
There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it. – Joseph Addison Category: Instinct
Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. – Mark Twain Category: Humor
The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros. – Minna Antrim Category: Envy / Jealousy
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom to serve all, but love only one. – Honore de Balzac Category: Love