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13535 quotesWhoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from their house.
Evil
Bible
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Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor, they also shall cry themselves, but not be heard.
Poverty and The Poor
Bible
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Whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. [Matthew 5:39]
Nonviolence
Bible
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Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times.
Wisdom
Bible
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Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.
Wisdom
Bible
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With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. [Job 12:12]
Age and Aging
Bible
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You shall love your neighbor as yourself. [Matthew 22:39]
Neighbors
Bible
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You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. [Leviticus 19:11]
Honesty
Bible
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The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.
Weakness
George Bidault
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A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.
Cynics and Cynicism
Ambrose Bierce
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A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker.
Funerals
Ambrose Bierce
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A man is known by the company he organizes.
Management
Ambrose Bierce
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Abscond. To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
Crime and Criminals
Ambrose Bierce
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Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Abstinence
Ambrose Bierce
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Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
Army and Navy
Ambrose Bierce
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Admiration; is our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Praise
Ambrose Bierce
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An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the actions of immutable natural laws.
Misfortunes
Ambrose Bierce
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An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
Optimism
Ambrose Bierce
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Appeal. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.
Trials
Ambrose Bierce
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Beauty. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
Beauty
Ambrose Bierce
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Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Calamity
Ambrose Bierce
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Confidante. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.
Gossip
Ambrose Bierce
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Consult. To seek another's approval of a course already decided on.
Advice
Ambrose Bierce
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Convent. A place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
Nuns
Ambrose Bierce
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Deliberation. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
Deliberation
Ambrose Bierce
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun