Escritas - Poems List

Confucius

I hear and I forget.

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I do not know everything;

I do not know everything; still many things I understand.

178

Metastasio

He who devises evil for

He who devises evil for another falls at last into his own pit, and the most cunning finds himself caught by what he had prepared for another. But virtue without guile, erect like the lofty palm, rises with greater vigour when it is oppressed.

20

William James

The whole drift of my

The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds of consciousness that exist.

67

Victor Hugo

Adversity makes men, and prosperity

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

43

Stephen Ambrose

During the Second World War,

During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.

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Montaigne

Books are pleasant, but if

Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.

21

L. S. Barksdale

It happens to each according

It happens to each according to his consciousness," is the Law of Consciousness.

38

Anonymous

The words you speak today

The words you speak today should be soft and tender. . . for tomorrow you may have to eat them.

99

Voltaire

It is better to risk

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

163

Nakhshabi

Everything that is acknowledges the

Everything that is acknowledges the blessing of existence. Shalt not thou, by a similar acknowledgment, be happy? If thou pay due attention to sounds, thou shalt hear the praise of the Creator celebrated by the whole creation.

29

Anonymous

A conscience is like a

A conscience is like a baby. It has to go to sleep before you can.

100

Anonymous

The essence of intelligence is

The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience.

133

Friedrich Nietzsche

Not that you lied to

Not that you lied to me, but that I no longer believe you, has shaken me.

42

Anonymous

One should be more concerned

One should be more concerned about what his conscience whispers than about what other people shout.

102

Nakhshabi

Whoever has the seed of

Whoever has the seed of virtue and honour implanted in his breast will drop a sympathising tear on the woes of his neighbour.

22

T. S. Eliot

Human beings cannot stand too

Human beings cannot stand too much reality.

304

Anonymous

Feelings are real and legitimate;

Feelings are real and legitimate; children behave and misbehave for a reason, even if adults cannot figure it out.

92

Nizami

Virtue beameth from a generous

Virtue beameth from a generous spirit as light from the moon, or as brilliancy from Jupiter.

24

Taylor

Conscience in most men, is

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

15

D. H. Lawrence

I have never seen a

I have never seen a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A little bird will fall dead, frozen from a bough, without ever having felt sorry for itself.

120

Roger H. Lincoln

There are two rules for

There are two rules for success:

60

Nizami

To the tongue which bringeth

To the tongue which bringeth thee words without reason, the answer that best beseemeth thee is?silence.

34

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A good conscience fears no

A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is honest, let all the world know it. But if otherwise, what does it signify to have nobody else know it, so long as I know it myself? Miserable is he who slights that witness.

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