A stumble may prevent a fall.
(Thomas Fuller (II): Gnomologia.)
Georg Büchner, «I cannot tell…»
I cannot tell what part of me
deceives the other.
(Georg Büchner: Danton’s Death.)
F. H. Bradley, «Up to a certain point…»
Up to a certain point
every man is what he thinks he is.
(F. H. Bradley: Aphorisms.)
Jules Renard, «Modesty…»
There is false modesty,
but there is no false pride.
(Jules Renard: Journal.)
Hannah Cowley, «Vanity…»
Vanity, like murder, will out.
(Hannah Cowley: The Belle’s Stratagem)
Rabindranath Tagore, «Praise…»
Praise shames me,
for I secretly beg it.
(Rabindranath Tagore: Stray Birds.)
Oscar Wilde, «To love oneself…»
To love oneself,
is the beginning
of a life-long romance.
(Oscar Wilde: Phrases and Philosophies)
La Rochefoucauld, «Self-love…»
Self-love is subtler
than the subtlest man
in the world.
(La Rochefoucauld: Maxims.)
Henry David Thoreau, «More anxious…»
We are more anxious to speak
than to be heard…
(Henry David Thoreau: Journal.)
Daily quote: I dreamed a thousand…
I dreamed a thousand new paths…
I woke and walked my old one.
(Chinese Proverb.)