English famous quotes

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

What's in a name? The rose is not called a rose, but it still has the same fragrance. ——Shakespeare

There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

The sublime and the ridiculous are only one step away. ——Napoleon

Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.

Even when all the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. ——Bertrand Russell

Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.

Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest. ——Ashleigh Brilliant

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land. Forming vast oceans and pleasant lands. ——Julia Carney

Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.

Even the most tired river, after twists and turns, will eventually reach the sea safely. ——Swinburne

The history of mankind is the history of ideas.

The history of mankind is the history of ideas. ——Ludwig Von Mises

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting. ——Stanislaus

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you get rid of him on the weekends.

Give him one You can feed him fish for a day; teach him to fish and he won’t bother you again on weekends. ——Gary Apple

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant.

True science teaches people first to doubt and to know their ignorance. ——Miguel de Unamuno

Truth has no special time of it's own. Its hour is now always.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its time is always now. ——A.Schweitzer

Growing old is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

Getting older is not scary, the scary thing is that people feel older and older. ——Kenny Rogers

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

If there are no libraries, what do we have? We have no past and no future. ——Kay Bradbury

Scientific knowledge aims at being wholly impersonal.

Scientific knowledge aims at being completely impersonal. ——Bertrand Russell

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Nothing in life is to be feared.

——Marie Curie

Truth is beautiful. Withoutdoubt; and so are lies.

Truth is beautiful. Withoutdoubt; and so are lies. ——Emerson.

Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.

Nature never deceives us, it is often ourselves who deceive us. ——Rousseau

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past. ——Burke

Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.

Time is a versatile performer. It can spread its wings and fly, it can stride forward, it can heal wounds, it can fade away, and it can reveal the truth. ——Franklin P. Jones

The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.

Of all the influences of the mind, nature The impact can be said to be the earliest in time and the most important in function - Emerson

Death...is no more than passing from one room into another.

Death is just Go from one room to another. ——Helen Keller

Important principles may and must be flexible.

Important principles can and must be flexible. ——Abraham Lincoln

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

The essence of science is: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer. question, and then embarked on the road to the appropriate answer. ——Jacob Bronowski

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. slaves, and the danger in the future is that humans may become robots. ——Erich Fromm

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

Knowledge is a treasure house, but practice is the key to the door of the treasure house. ——Fuller

The Golden Rule is that there are no golden rules.

The real Golden Rule is that there are no golden rules. ——G.B.Shaw

The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.

People who love nature feel harmonious internally and externally, and remain childlike even into adulthood. ——Emerson

Ten men banded together in love can do what ten thousand separately would fail in.

Ten men banded together in love can do what ten thousand separately would fail in. Things that can’t be accomplished. —— Thomas Carlyle

Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts.

Imagination should not be divorced from reality.

——A.N. Whitehead

There are two sides to every story ... at least.

Every story can be seen from two sides, at least two sides. ——Ann Landers

Today is not yesterday. We ourselves change. How then can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be fittest, continue always the same?

Today is different. Yesterday. We ourselves are changing too. So, if we want our writings and thoughts to never become outdated, how can we never change? ——Thomas Carlyle

Love alone can release the power of the atom so it will work for man and not against him.

Only love can make the power of the atom benefit mankind, not Harmful to humans. ——W. A. ??Peterson

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Life is long if you know how to use it.

If you can use it well, your life will be long. ——Seneca

The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.

The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.

The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility. It is prejudice, its eternal companion is humility. ——C. C

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Until night falls, people will not know the glory of the day. ——Sophocles

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Still water runs deep. ——Shakespeare

What is a weed? —A plant whose virtues have not been discovered.

What is a weed? ——Weed is a plant whose utilization value has not yet been discovered. ——Emerson

The man of science does not discover in order to know; he wants to know in order to discover.

Scientists do not seek to discover in order to know; Discover something and want to know something - A. N. Whitehead

Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. Ask no questions and offer no criticism.

——George Eliot

Heaven knows what seeming nonsense may not tomorrow be demonstrated truth.

Heaven knows what seems to be nonsense today may not be demonstrated truth tomorrow. ——A. N. Whitehead