“Describe plum-blossoms?
Better than my verses… white
Wordless Butterflies”
Bashō Matsuo (1644–1694) Japanese poet
Source: Japanese Haiku
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“[T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.”
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
Source: The Anatomy of Melancholy
“A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.”
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
As quoted in Visions from Earth (2004) by James Miller
“The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”
Norman Vincent Peale book The Power of Positive Thinking
Variant: The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism
Source: The Power of Positive Thinking
“You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.”
Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774) Irish physician and writer
“4. You hear his voice in a crowd more than any other.”
Bisco Hatori (1975) Japanese manga artist
Source: Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 13
“Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once.”
William Shakespeare book Much Ado About Nothing
Source: Much Ado About Nothing
“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize.”
Libba Bray (1964) American teen writer
Source: Beauty Queens
“There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.”
Desmond Tutu (1931) South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner
“You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.”
David Levithan (1972) American author and editor
Source: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
“Plan?” Marasi asked.
“Not dyin’.”
“Anything more detailed than that?”
“Not dyin’ … today?”
Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer
Source: The Bands of Mourning
“Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?”
Naomi Novik (1973) American writer
Source: Zombies Vs. Unicorns