Quotes

Pythagoras photo

“Silence is better than unmeaning words.”

Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher

As quoted in Encyclopaedia Americana (1832) Vol. X, p. 445 edited by Francis Lieber, E. Wigglesworth, and Thomas Gamaliel Bradford

Corrie ten Boom photo

“….. joy runs deeper than despair.”

Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983) Dutch resistance hero and writer

Gabriel García Márquez photo
Carlos Ruiz Zafón photo

“That day was turning out to be longer than”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

Richard Brinsley Sheridan photo

“Never say more than is necessary.”

Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals

Act II, sc. i.
The Rivals (1775)

Candace Bushnell photo

“Better alone than badly accompanied.”

Candace Bushnell book Sex and the City

Source: Sex and the City

René Descartes photo

“Conquer yourself rather than the world.”

René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

Emily Dickinson photo
Roald Dahl photo

“You is getting nosier than a parker.”

Roald Dahl The BFG

Source: The BFG

Ralph Waldo Emerson photo

“We are wiser than we know.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

E.E. Cummings photo
Joanne Harris photo
George MacDonald photo

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.”

George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish journalist, novelist

The Marquis of Lossie (1877)

Charlaine Harris photo

“Better to be screwed physically than financially.”

Charlaine Harris book Club Dead

Source: Club Dead

Aesop photo

“Better no rule than cruel rule.”

Aesop book Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables

Cassandra Clare photo

“Nothing less than 7 inches.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Richelle Mead photo

“The book's always better than the movie.”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

Source: Last Sacrifice