Favorite Quotes

"Self-defence is nature's oldest law." - Dryden

 

"I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye." - Guest

 

"You are one of the forces of nature." - Michelet

 

"Art is an action against death." - Lipchitz

 

"Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people." - Cuppy

 

"Tears are the noble language of the eye." - Herrick

 

"Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry." - Harte

 

"Languages are true analytical methods." - Lavoisier

 

"Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond." - Hegel

 

"Play reaches the habits most needed for intellectual growth." - Bettelheim

 

"It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach." - Locke

 

"I was born to travel and write verse." - Gautier

 

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed." - Montessori

 

"Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never." - Gardiner

 

"Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor." - Shankly

 

"What the people are within, the buildings express without." - Sullivan

 

"Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty." - Burnham

 

"Preserve my artistic creativity and ennoble my artistic fame." - Meyerbeer

 

"Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction." - Mendelssohn

 

"Good taste is the worst vice ever invented." - Sitwell