Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time writing essays. ~Karl Kraus, translated from German by Harry ZohnTPVgb, quoted in Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths:
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Reading means borrowing. ~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, AphorismsPMB...
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When I Write A Poem I Fly And Land Over The Clouds From There, Spell......
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The Pen Doesn’t Want To Write It Strays From The Lines So I Let It......
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I Write This In The Clouds To Be Read By All Person In This World......
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This Evening I Write Because You Are Still There It Doesn’t Matter If I Have......
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I Write The Words With Pen In Hand The Ink Is Within My Heart It......
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Its My Story I Have To Write Am I Wrong Or Am I Right We......
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As You Write More & More Personal It Becomes More & More Universal....
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Those Who Believe That Poets Write About Themselves And People They Know Probably Also Believe......
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I Write At Night, Even If The Hands Of The Moon Are Cold A Thousand......
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Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at......
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Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his......
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Why we sometimes write ‘etc’ in exams? Because it means… . . …. . .......
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V should NOT write as ‘inshAllah’ or ‘inshallah’ because it means create Allah. Wether arabic......
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb...
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All of us learn to write by the second grade, then most of us go......
- I write because im afraid to say
I write because I’m afraid to say some things out loud. ~Gordon Atkinson, reallivepreacher.com...
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B4 u speak – listen, B4 u write – think, B4 u spend – earn,......
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Everyday i write on the bricks hw much i miss u, praying that one day......
- Everyday i write on the bricks hw
Everyday i write on the bricks hw much i miss u, praying that one day......
- Write the holy name of allah ya
Write the Holy Name of Allah “YA ZAHIROO” on Every Wall of Ur House, INSHA......
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Moment of relief You write the exam and finish it expecting 80% marks and when......
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Parent:How did you write your exam? Son:they have given the questions which I don’t know.......
- You give me inspiration to write each
You Give Me Inspiration, To Write You Each Day, At Least It’s Easier, Than Writing......
- I don8217t write poems you only u
I Don’t Write Poems I Write You Only U You Became A Name And Play......
- Loving you i write to the world
Loving You I Write To The World Fragments Of Poetr Simple Words To Express Great......
- I want to write about microwave ovens
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- I wanna write but don8217t have a
I Wanna Write, But Don’t Have A Topic. Its Like Roaming At Equator, When Bound......
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Where You Write All Your Thoughts Where You Dream Alone Where You Hide Your Bliss......
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Auto Graph Plz: ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Write There Any Special Words For Me. Reply......
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Auto Graph Plz: ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Write There Any Special Words For Me. Reply......
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Auto Graph Plz ____________________________________________________________________________________ Write There Any Special Words For Me. I will save it.......
- 1 write an application to the principal
1) write an application to the principal requesting him to grant me leave for two......
- If i dont write to empty my
If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad. ~Lord Byron...
- Were i a philosopher should write philosophy
Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else......
- Life is gods novel let him write
Life is God’s novel. Let him write it. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer, quoted by Dom Maraes,......
- When you write down your ideas automatically
When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few......
- Or dont you like to write letters
Or don’t you like to write letters. I do because it’s such a swell way......
- Few of us write great novels all
Few of us write great novels; all of us live them. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s......
- You cant write poetry on the computer
You can’t write poetry on the computer. ~Quentin Tarantinordqqjul01...
- Any fool can write code that a
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that......
- If you wouldnt write it and sign
If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, don’t say it. ~Earl Wilson...
- Write down the thoughts of moment those
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the......
- If i dont write to empty my
If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad. ~Lord Byron...
- You write to communicate the hearts and
You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what’s burning inside you. ......
- We write to remember our nows later
We write to remember our nows later. ~Terri Guillemets...
- I want to write books that unlock
I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody’s head. ~John UpdikePL...
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Teacher asked all students to write an essay on the topic "A Poor Family". One......
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Write CNIC Number Of Any Person And Send It To 7000. You Will Get His/Her......
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Teacher asked all students to write an essay on the topic "A Poor Family". One......
- I promise read but write more talk
I Promise Read But Write More, Talk But Think More, Play But Read More, I......
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- Teacherevery body write your lovers name in
Teacher:every body write your lover’s name in one paper. ( after 5 seconds ) one......
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Attitude: Teacher: Write An Essay On ‘If I Am A Millionaire’ …All Students Started Writing......
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In class madam said write ur lover name on paper After 2 second boys said:......
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In Exam a QUESTION Was Asked: Write An Essay Abt Ur MOTHER In 200 Words......
- We dont read and write poetry because
We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because......
- There are two ways to write error free
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. ~Alan J.......
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Prize fighters can sometimes read and write when they start – but they can’t when......
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Sardarni write: massege 2 sardar ?ghar kab aa rahe ho? Massege karke batao? Sardar write......
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Teacher told RAMU 2 write a sentence Ramu wrote:"My penis in ur hand" Teacher slapped......
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Millions of people write Love Letters. But everyone send there 1st love letter mostly to......
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FRIENDS GAME… Write The Suitable Meaning Of All Alphabets Of My Name A= L= I=......
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join WAFA-E-GHAZI SMS Service . JUST WRITE JOIN WITH YOUR NAME AND SEND IT TO......
- Dont argue with people who write digital
Don’t argue with people who write with digital ink and pay by the kilowatt-hour. ~Don......
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AEROPLANE- WRITE BROTHERS CYCLE-MACMILLAN TELEPHONE-GRAHM BELL TELESCOPE-GALILEO EXAMS-...
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Before You Speak-Listen! Before You Write-Think! Before You Spend-Earn! Before You Criticize-Wait! Before You Pray-Forgive!......
- The only way to read a book
The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open......
- In places this book is a little
In places this book is a little over-written, because Mr Blunden is no more able......
- Many useful and valuable books lie buried
Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and libraries, unknown and unexamined, unless......
- Quotations will tell the full measure of
Quotations will tell the full measure of meaning, if you have enough of them. ~James......
- Quotology disdains no quotations whatsoever a duty
Quotology disdains no quotations whatsoever, a duty it bears stoutly, with bloodshot eyes and sagging......
- It is the little writer rather than
It is the little writer rather than the great writer who seems never to quote,......
- I have heard that nothing gives an
I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his......
- My readers who may at first be
My readers, who may at first be apt to consider Quotation as downright pedantry, will......
- Quotation is more universal and ancient than
Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe. ~James Boswell, “The......
- What is all wisdom save a collection
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial......
- Fine phrases i value more than bank notes
Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other harmony than......
- Learning is often spoken of as if
Learning is often spoken of as if we are watching the open pages of all......
- Collect as precious pearls the words of
Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous. ~El Amir Abdelkaderquoted in......
- In such a case the writer is
In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in......
- It has been said that death ends
It has been said that death ends all things. This is a mistake. It does......
- They have written volumes out of which
They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose,......
- The multiplicity of facts and writings is
The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon......
- Books are the beehives of thought laconics
Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them. ~James Ellis, quoted......
- A case which commonly happens with us
A case which commonly happens with us in London, as well as our Neighbours in......
- I suppose every old scholar has had
I suppose every old scholar has had the experience of reading something in a book......
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Is all literature eavesdropping, and all art Chinese imitation? our life a custom, and our......
- In phrases as brief a breath worldly
In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates. ~Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010TPV,......
- As by some might be saide of
As by some might be saide of me: that here I have but gathered a......
- I believe it was gayelord hauser the
I believe it was Gayelord Hauser, the nutritionist, who said that “you are what you......
- Now we sit through shakespeare in order
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. ~Orson Welles, attributed...
- A good maxim is never out of
A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb...
- Dont quote your proverb till you bring
Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb...
- Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience
Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb...
- Proverbs are the literature of reason french
Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb...
- The ancients who in these matters were
The ancients, who in these matters were not perhaps such blockheads as some may conceive,......
- Whatever is felicitously expressed risks being worse
Whatever is felicitously expressed risks being worse expressed: it is a wretched taste to be......
- The art of quotation requires more delicacy
The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceive who can......
- Nor must you find fault with me
Nor must you find fault with me if I often give you what I have......
- Unless created as freestanding works quotations resemble
Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble “found” art. They are analogous, say, to a......
- Language would be tolerable without spicy epigrammatic
Language would be tolerable without spicy, epigrammatic sayings, and life could no doubt be carried......
- Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those
Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are......
- You may get a large amount of
You may get a large amount of truth into a brief space. ~Attributed to Beecher......
- Who knows but that all the men
Who knows but that all the men to whom reference has been made, and a......
- The lips of the wise are as
The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are......
- Aphorism n predigested wisdom the flabby
APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields......
- I feel a reassuring oneness with other
I feel a reassuring oneness with other people when I find that even my most......
- You could compile i should think the
You could compile, I should think, the worst book in the world entirely out of......
- The man who writes a single line
The man who writes a single line, And hears it often quoted, Will in his......
- An anthology of quotations is a museum
An anthology of quotations is a museum of utterances. ~Gary Saul Morson, The Words of......
- A vast meaning is unfolded in each
A vast meaning is unfolded in each line, with such power that a sentence only......
- To me novels are just quotations with
To me, novels are just quotations with a bunch of filler. ~Terri Guillemets...
- Misquotation is in fact the pride and
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never......
- They never get ahead an inch because
They never get ahead an inch, because they are always hugging some coward maxim, which......
- The surest way to make a monkey
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That......
- A good conversationalist is not one who
A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone......
- When you see yourself quoted in print
When you see yourself quoted in print and you’re sorry you said it, it suddenly......
- It is a good thing for an
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett’s......
- To such as these we offer with
To such as these we offer, with some confidence, and with no little sympathy, our......
- An apt quotation is as good an
An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb...
- The wise men of old have sent
The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of......
- Whatever we may say against collections which
Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless......
- Whoever reads only to transcribe or quote
Whoever reads only to transcribe or quote shining remarks without entering into the genius and......
- Proverbs are in the world of thought
Proverbs are in the world of thought what gold coin is in the world of......
- Wise sayings are the light towers along journey
Wise sayings are the light-towers along the journey of life. ~Attributed to Johnson in Sayings:......
- At any rate nothing was more characteristic
At any rate, nothing was more characteristic of him [Walter Benjamin] in the thirties than......
- It is perfectly delightful to take advantage
It is perfectly delightful to take advantage of the conscientious labors of those who go......
- The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as
The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and......
- Immortality i notice that as soon writers
Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote.......
- Most of the classical citations you shall
Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or......
- We are as much informed of a
We are as much informed of a writer’s genius by what he selects as by......
- Whatever we think and say is wonderfully
Whatever we think and say is wonderfully better for our spirits and trust in another......
- And as hearbes and trees are bettered
And as hearbes and trees are bettered and fortified by being transplanted, so formes of......
- Nor do apophthegms only serve for ornament
Nor do apophthegms only serve for ornament and delight, but also for action and civil......
- Antiquities or remnants of history are as
Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons,......
- At all events the next best thing
At all events, the next best thing to being witty one’s self, is to be......
- The common sayings of the multitude are
The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb...
- A mans life is often builded on
A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb...
- Besides it happens how i cannot tell
Besides, it happens (how, I cannot tell) that an idea launched like a javelin in......
- A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles
A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb, quoted in Curiosities in Proverbs:......
- A learned historian declared to me of
A learned historian declared to me of a contemporary, that the latter had appropriated his......
- Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the
Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired. ~Attributed to Richard Kemph...
- A man groundly learned already may take
A man, groundly learned already, may take much profit himself in using by epitome to......
- A beautiful verse an apt remark or
A beautiful verse, an apt remark, or a well-turned phrase, appropriately quoted, is always effective......
- A proverb is an exploding atom of
A proverb is an exploding atom of wisdom. ~Gaston Kabor...
- People who rarely read long books or
People who rarely read long books, or even short stories, still appreciate the greatest examples......
- Nothing ever becomes real till it is
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced...
- The aphorism is cultivated only by those
The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of......
- Some for renown on scraps of learning
Some for renown on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they......
- The governess looked upon him mr swiveller
[T]he governess… looked upon him [Mr. Swiveller] as a literary gentleman of eccentric habits, and......
- Someone cyril connolly ezra pound once
Someone – Cyril Connolly? Ezra Pound? – once said that anything that can be read......
- One mans wit and all mens wisdom
One man’s wit, and all men’s wisdom. ~John Russell, definition of a proverbin conversation, cited......
- But proverbs are always platitudes until you
But proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. ~Aldous......
- I love quotes because good are vitamins
I love quotes because good quotes are vitamins for the brain! ~Patrick Driessen...
- A true quotation cannot be divorced from
A true quotation cannot be divorced from the character who uttered or scribbled it; it......
- One is more apt to become wise
One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise......
- One has to secrete a jelly in
One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people’s throats...
- A common place book is what a provident poet
A Common-place-Book is what a provident Poet cannot subsist without, for this proverbial Reason, that......
- You will find professed quotations from authors
You will find professed quotations from authors, of the correctness of which you will not......
- A knowledge of general literature is one
A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind; and......
- They are the abridgments of wisdom sumner
They are the abridgments of wisdom. ~Sumner Ellis, Hints on Preaching: A Cloud of Witnesses,......
- I protest for about the hundredth time
I protest, for about the hundredth time, against the slipshod method of quoting a mere......
- Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes
Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss. It is a pleasing break in the......
- This little book is not put forth
This little book is not put forth to supply an imperative demand, but rather with......
- Maria edgeworth grumbled against vandals who ruined
Maria Edgeworth grumbled against vandals who ruined immortal works by quoting the life out of......
- It should be a pleasure to the
It should be a pleasure to the appreciative reader, while recognizing their beauty, to cull......
- Others again give us the mere carcass
Others, again, give us the mere carcass of another man’s thoughts, but deprived of all......
- There is a homely directness about these
There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable......
- A man of maxims only is like
A man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that in......
- Euphonic and harmonious expressions forcible just profound
Euphonic and harmonious expressions, forcible and just expressions, profound and comprehensive expressions, and especially apt......
- I didnt do anything that can properly
…I didn’t do anything that can properly be called research; rather, I proceeded by the......
- Its amazing how much funny stuff there
It’s amazing how much funny stuff there is…. [A] river of rich comedic milk is......