Quotes by english authors

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. Francis Bacon

Men Superstition Observe Misses Hits Root Thing

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. Francis Bacon

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail. Francis Quarles

Being homeless is like living in a post-apocalyptic world. You're on the outskirts of society. Frank Dillane

You World Living Society Like Being Homeless

The guilty think all talk is of themselves. Geoffrey Chaucer

Think Guilty Talk Themselves

I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness. George Fox

Love Death Darkness Light Ocean Saw Over Also Infinite Which

The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray. George Muller

God Word Read Pray Less Desire

Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least. George Whitefield

Sad Together Christianity Neglecting Ourselves Religious True Perhaps Least Decay May Reasons Many Assemble Among Societies

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Woman Intelligence Find Intuition Support Reasons Uses Her

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Sometimes Rich Badly Always Governed Being Poor

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. Gilbert K. Chesterton

You Win Will Long Lose Think Determines Until How

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Mind Mouth Solid Object Something Opening Again Shut

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Temperament Amateur Afflicts Disease Artistic

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. H. G. Wells

Path Least Loser Resistance

The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the successive 'policies' and 'Plans' of the Russian experiment. Americans shirk the word 'socialism', but what else can one call it? H. G. Wells

Socialism Achieve Word Experiment Extraordinarily Else Collapse Parallel Russian Attempt New Policies Call New Deal Deal Shirk America American Social Plainly Working Avert Successive Plans

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow. H. G. Wells

Today Tomorrow Joke Crisis

The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships. H. G. Wells

Broken Path Strewn Must Advancement Friendships Social

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. Harold MacMillan

Man Trust Apt Kind Nobody Trusts Who

You come up against challenges in life, and it's how you deal with them that defines you. Harry Kane

Life You Challenges Defines Come Deal How Up Against Them