We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric Hoffer , (1902 – 1983)
arrive, forget, given, means, natural, often, perhaps, rather
We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road. Great short quote and quotation by: Seneca , Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC – 65 AD)
We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)
We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric Hoffer , (1902 – 1983)
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)
We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood our motives. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois de La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)
actions, ashamed, finest, motives, often, should, understood, world
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. Great short quote and quotation by: Aesop , Greek slave & fable author (620 BC – 560 BC)
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)
ambition, disguised, generosity, great, interest, often, order, overlooks, secure, seems, small
What torture, this life in society! Often someone is obliging enough to offer me a light, and in order to oblige him I have to fish a cigarette out of my pocket. Great short quote and quotation by: Karl Kraus , Austrian author and journalist (1874 – 1936)
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What we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. Great short quote and quotation by: George Eliot, Middlemarch , English novelist (1819 – 1880)
When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news. Great short quote and quotation by: John B. Bogart , (1848 – 1921)