Today Quotes
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Manners maketh man.William of Wykeham, Motto of Winchester College and New College, Oxford
Who will bell the cat?William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ
And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ
First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ, 1420
I know all except myself.Francois Villon, Ballade des Menus Propres
Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.Aldus Manutius, Placard on the door of the Aldine Press
You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?Robert Louis Stevenson
Intellectual passion dries out sensuality.Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks