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The Times Great Quotations: Famous quotes to inform, motivate and inspire

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2018
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John Gay, English poet (1685–1732)



Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv’st live well, how long or short permit to heaven.

Paradise Lost (1667)

John Milton, English poet (1608–1674)



Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.

John Wesley, English cleric (1703–1791)



Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Jonathan Swift, Irish poet and satirist (1667–1745)



A thick skin is a gift from God.

Konrad Adenauer, chancellor of Germany (1876–1967)



Civility costs nothing and buys everything.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (1689–1762)



The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer (1828–1910)



If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Lewis Carroll, English writer (1832–1898)



A proverb is one man’s wit and all men’s wisdom.

Lord John Russell, prime minister of the UK (1792–1878)



Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Maori proverb



The heart that gives, gathers.

Marianne Moore, American poet (1887–1972)



You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir!

Martin Joseph Routh, English classical scholar (1755–1854)



The sense of being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquillity which religion is powerless to bestow.

Emerson, Social Aims (1876)

Miss CF Forbes, English writer (1817–1911)



Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist and poet (1854–1900)



I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

An Ideal Husband (1895)

Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist and poet (1854–1900)



Education is what you get when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t.

Pete Seeger, American folk singer (1919–2014)


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