Short Quotes · Page 104
Big wisdom in few words—the best short quotes pack a lifetime of insight into a single sentence. Perfect for captions, cards, or a moment of daily reflection.
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“Some find activity only in repose, and others repose only in movement.”
“When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.”
“The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.”
“It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.”
“Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.”
“Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.”
“He who has no poetry in himself will find poetry in nothing.”
“Politeness is the art of bearing boredom without being bored.”
“A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.”
“You go to truth by way of poetry and I go to poetry by way of truth.”
“Dream therefore of what you still have rather than what you have lost.”
“You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.”
“Gravity is but the rind of wisdom; but it is a preservative rind.”
“If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied.”
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.”
“Science is a tribute to what we can know although we are fallible.”
“Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism.”