Famous Quotes by Augustus Caesar
1. Young men, hear an old man to whom old men
hearkened when he was young.
2. I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
Famous Quotes by Julius Caesar
1. Men willingly believe what they wish.
2. It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the
pale and the hungry-looking.
3. Et tu, Brute.
(You also, Brutus)
Famous Quote by Lord Chesterfield
1. Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
2. The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the
world, and not in a closet.
3. Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you.
4. Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
5. Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
6. Common sense is the best sense I know of.
7. Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves.
Famous Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke
1. If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible he is almost certainly right, but if he says that it is impossible he is very probably wrong.
2. It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
from magic.
4. The only way to discover the limits of the possible
is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Famous Quotes by Charlie Chaplin
1. In the end, everything is a gag.
2. I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown.
It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
3. I hate the theatre. I also hate the sight of blood,
but it's in my veins.
4. Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain.
Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify.
5. If you step off the curb with your left foot, they accuse
you of being a Communist.
Famous Quote by George Herbert
1. Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
2. You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
3. The best mirror is an old friend.