Logo
A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subseq

A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subsequent wisdom. – Gary Saul Morson, The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture, 2011

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Quotations
category

Life is like quotations. Sometimes it makes you laugh. Sometimes it makes you cry. Most of the time, you just don’t get it. – Author Unknown

Category:
Quotations

A profusion of fancies and quotations is out of place in a love-letter. True feeling is always direct, and never deviates into by-ways to cull flowers of rhetoric. – Christian Nestell Bovee, Intuitions and Summaries of Thought: Vol.II, 1862

Category:
Quotations

Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. – Gaelic Proverb

Category:
Quotations

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote anothers wit. – Christian Nevell Bovee

Category:
Quotations

Random Quotes

Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns. – Albert Szent-Györgyi, "Teaching and Expanding Knowledge," Science,

Category:
Knowledge

Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate. – John Milton

Category:
Chocolate

The world is hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers. – Terri Guillemets

Category:
Volunteer Appreciation

Would you approve of your young sons, young daughters — because girls can read as well as boys — reading this book? Is it a book that you would have lying around in your own house? Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants to read? – Mervyn Griffith-Jones

Category:
Censorship