Soft data, hard conflicts.
—Gerhard Kocher (Swiss Publicist, Health Economist, Aphorist)
Of fortune’s sharp adversity, the worst kind of misfortune is this, that a man hath been in prosperity and it remembers when it passed is.
—Geoffrey Chaucer (English Poet)
A pleasant comedy, which paints the manners of the age, and exposes a faithful picture of nature, is a durable work, and is transmitted to the latest posterity. But a system, whether physical or metaphysical, commonly owes its success to its novelty; and is no sooner canvassed with impartiality than its weakness is discovered.
—David Hume (Scottish Philosopher, Historian)
Let not thy table exceed the fourth part of thy revenue: let thy provision be solid, and not far fetched, fuller of substance than art: be wisely frugal in thy preparation, and freely cheerful in thy entertainment: if thy guests be right, it is enough; if not, it is too much: too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.
—Francis Quarles (English Religious Poet)
That which we are we are all the while teaching, not voluntarily, but involuntarily.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Philosopher)
Ah just act the way ah feel.
—Elvis Presley (American Musician)
You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.
—George Herbert (Welsh Anglican Poet)
What is uttered is finished and done with.
—Thomas Mann (German Novelist)
Will localizes us; thought universalizes us.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (Swiss Philosopher, Writer)
A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive, it won’t be so hard in the end to lie down and rest.
—Pearl Bailey (American Singer, Actress)