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2041 quotesTrust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
Self-knowledge
Alexander Pope
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Virtuous and vicious everyone must be; few in extremes, but all in degree.
Virtue
Alexander Pope
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Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?
Exaggeration
Alexander Pope
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The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.
Peace
Pope John XXIII
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
Hell
Karl Popper
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He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.
Men
Cole Porter
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An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late.
Borrowing
Portuguese Proverb
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Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
Hope
Matthew Prior
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In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
Argument
Matthew Prior
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Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
Goals
Matthew Prior
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Life -- how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.
Life and Living
V. S. Pritchett
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Things don't change, but by and by our wishes change.
Change
Marcel Proust
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We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.
Desire
Marcel Proust
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Acts of kindness may soon be forgotten, but the memory of an offense remains.
Fights and Fighting
Proverb
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Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
Friends and Friendship
Proverb
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Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
Friends and Friendship
Proverb
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Conscience is the dog that can't bite, but never stops barking.
Conscience
Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.
Death and Dying
Proverb
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He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Anger
Proverb
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Many can bear adversity, but few contempt.
Hatred
Proverb
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No one can pray well, but those who live well.
Prayer
Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart.
Heart
Proverb
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Precept guides, but example draws.
Example
Proverb
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Pride and poverty don't get along, but often live together.
Pride
Proverb
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That fear may reach all, punish but few.
Fear
Proverb
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun