“Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.”
Great“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
Success“Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.”
Great“What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.”
Knowledge“A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.”
Learning“Hell is full of musical amateurs.”
Music“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.”
Power“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.”
Future“First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.”
Love“The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.”
Love“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.”
Dreams“Lack of money is the root of all evil.”
Money“Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.”
Happiness“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.”
Life“It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.”
Happiness“Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.”
Love“The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.”
Truth“Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.”
Good“Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire the other is to get it.”
Life“It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.”
Good“An index is a great leveller.”
Great“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”
Beauty