From a worldly point of view there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. – Samuel Butler, Note-Books, 1912 Category: Moderation
My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation! – Robert Clive Category: Moderation
He who makes a paradise of his bread makes a hell of his hunger. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Moderation
Our moral theorists seem never content with the normal. Why must it always be a contest between fornication, obesity and laziness, and celibacy, fasting and hard labor? – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) Category: Moderation
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. – Friedrich Nietzsche Category: Faith
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. – Charles Babbage Category: Knowledge
My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker. – Anthony Hopkins Category: dad
My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill. – William Sharp, The Lonely Hunter Category: Heart
