When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools. – William Shakespeare, King Lear Category: Curmudgeonesque
I would ask something more of this world, if it had something more. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Curmudgeonesque
Sorrow hides behind all your pleasures; you are gluttonous rats which it attracts with a bit of savory bacon. – Claude Tillier (1801–1844), My Uncle Benjamin: A Humorous, Satirical, and Category: Curmudgeonesque
Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious. – Edgar Saltus Category: Curmudgeonesque
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. – Mark Twain Category: great
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. – Mark Twain Category: good
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. – Theodore Isaac Rubin Category: Wisdom
