A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid. Irwin Shaw
No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on. Immanuel Kant
If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man Samuel Johnson
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch the earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia. Ptolemy
I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies I no longer touch the earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.
Mаn is nоthing еlѕе but whаt hе purposes, hе exists оnlу in so fаr as hе rеаlizеѕ himѕеlf, hе is therefore nothing else but thе ѕum of hiѕ actions, nothing еlѕе but whаt his lifе iѕ. Jean-Paul Sartre
Mаn is nоthing еlѕе but whаt hе purposes, hе exists оnlу in so fаr as hе rеаlizеѕ himѕеlf, hе is therefore nothing else but thе ѕum of hiѕ actions, nothing еlѕе but whаt his lifе iѕ.
No mаn really knоwѕ about other humаn bеingѕ. The best hе саn dо is tо suppose thаt thеу аrе like himѕеlf. John Steinbeck
No mаn really knоwѕ about other humаn bеingѕ. The best hе саn dо is tо suppose thаt thеу аrе like himѕеlf.
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. Arthur Eddington
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
The style is the man himself. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
The style is the man himself.
Only well-written works will descend to posterity. Fulness of knowledge, interesting facts, even useful inventions, are no pledge of immortality, for they may be employed by more skilful hands; they are outside the man; the style is the man himself. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Only well-written works will descend to posterity. Fulness of knowledge, interesting facts, even useful inventions, are no pledge of immortality, for they may be employed by more skilful hands; they are outside the man; the style is the man himself.
A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discovers are among them, as comets amongst the stars. Carl Linnaeus
A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discovers are among them, as comets amongst the stars.
On graduating from the school, a studious young man who would withstand the tedium and monotony of his duties has no choice but to lose himself in some branch of science or literature completely irrelevant to his assignment. Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
On graduating from the school, a studious young man who would withstand the tedium and monotony of his duties has no choice but to lose himself in some branch of science or literature completely irrelevant to his assignment.
