Escritas - Poems List

Woody Allen

Eternity is very long, especially

Eternity is very long, especially towards the end.

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Book of Proverbs

Do not withhold good from

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.

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Anonymous

You know how you hate

You know how you hate to be interrupted, so why are you always doing it to me.

98

Persian

If thou desirest ease in

If thou desirest ease in this life, keep thy secrets undisclosed, like the modest rosebud. Take warning from that lovely flower, which, by expanding its hitherto hidden beauties when in full bloom, gives its leaves and its happiness to the winds.

31

Old Chinese Proverb

It is better to light

It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

22

Scott Adams

Men want sex. If men

Men want sex. If men ruled the world, they could get sex anywhere, anytime. Restaurants would give you sex instead of breath mints on the way out. Gas stations would give sex with every fill-up. Banks would give sex to anyone who opened a checking account.

80

Leo Rosten

Extremists think communication means agreeing

Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.

41

Persian

The angel grows up in

The angel grows up in divine knowledge, the brute, in savage ignorance, and the son of man stands hesitating between the two.

24

Gertrude Stein

In the United States there

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes American what it is.

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Louisa May Alcot

Far away there in the

Far away there in the sunshine are my brightest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.

30

Persian

Both white and black acknowledge

Both white and black acknowledge women?s sway, So much the better and the wiser too, Deeming it most convenient to obey, Or possibly they might their folly rue.*

38

Michel de Montaigne

It is good to rub

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others

79

M. Thompson

It is the person who

It is the person who is blind to what goes on around him that is most surprised when the same things happen to him.

20

Muhammad

If you do not feel

If you do not feel ashamed of anything, then you can do whatever you like.

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John Locke

There cannot be greater rudeness

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

81

Persian

Alas, for him who is

Alas, for him who is gone and hath done no good work! The trumpet of march has sounded, and his load was not bound on.

25

Anonymous

There are no traffic jams

There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile.

92

Muhammad

Verily, a man teaching his

Verily, a man teaching his child manners is better than giving one bushel of grain in alms.

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Ernest Hello

There are men who would

There are men who would quickly love each other if once they were speak to each other; for when they spoke they would discover that their souls had only separated by phantoms and delusions.

109

Philemon

Every gift, though small, is

Every gift, though small, is in reality great, if it be given with affection.*

23

Muhammad

When two persons are together,

When two persons are together, two of them must no whisper to each other, without letting the third hear; because it would hurt him.

38

Albert Schweitzer

Truth has not special time

Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now -- always and indeed then most truly when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances.

35

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conversation is an art in

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

121

Philemon

If you only knew the

If you only knew the evils which others suffer, you would willingly submit to those which you now bear.

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