The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. – Sophocles Category: Adversity
The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty — not marble floors and foundations. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) Category: Adversity
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. – Francis Bacon Category: Humor
Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. – Norman Borlaug Category: Food
Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green. – Torquato Tasso Category: Courage