Quotes of the Day
The quote number indicates the day of the month.
Quote 1: "Liberty is worth paying for..."
(Jules Verne)
Quote 2: "I have a new philosophy. I'm
only going to dread one day at a time." (Charles
Schulz)
Quote 3: "But now I am return'd, and that
war-thoughts have left their places vacant, in
their rooms come thronging soft and delicate
desires..." (William Shakespeare)
Quote 4: "We may brave human laws, but
we cannot resist natural ones." (Jules Verne)
Quote 5: "Alas, poor Yorick!--I knew him,
Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent
fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand
times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination
it is! my gorge rises at it." (William Shakespeare)
Quote 6: "...nothing contributes so much
to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose..."
(Mary Shelley)
Quote 7: "You seek for knowledge and wisdom,
as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification
of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting
you, as mine has been." (Mary Shelley)
Quote 8: "Life and death appeared to me
ideal bounds, which I should first break through,
and pour a torrent of light into our dark world."
(Mary Shelley)
Quote 9: "...the moon gazed on my midnight
labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless
eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding-places."
(Mary Shelley)
Quote 10: "It was already one in the morning;
the rain pattered dismally against the panes,
and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by
the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I
saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open..."
(Mary Shelley)
Quote 11: "Few things are harder to put
up with than the annoyance of a good example."
(Mark Twain)
Quote 12: "The pure and simple truth is
rarely pure and never simple." (Oscar Wilde
Quote 13: "Man invented language to satisfy
his deep need to complain." (Lily Tomlin)
Quote 14: "Was I to believe him in earnest
in his intention to penetrate to the centre of
this massive globe? Had I been listening to the
mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific
conclusions of a lofty genius? Where did truth
stop? Where did error begin?" (Jules Verne)
Quote 15: "Liberty is worth paying for..."
(Jules Verne)
Quote 16: "I have a new philosophy. I'm
only going to dread one day at a time." (Charles
Schulz)
Quote 17: "But now I am return'd, and that
war-thoughts have left their places vacant, in
their rooms come thronging soft and delicate
desires..." (William Shakespeare)
Quote 18: "We may brave human laws, but
we cannot resist natural ones." (Jules Verne)
Quote 19: "Alas, poor Yorick!--I knew him,
Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent
fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand
times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination
it is! my gorge rises at it." (William Shakespeare)
Quote 20: "...nothing contributes so much
to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose..."
(Mary Shelley)
Quote 21: "You seek for knowledge and wisdom,
as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification
of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting
you, as mine has been." (Mary Shelley)
Quote 22: "Life and death appeared to me
ideal bounds, which I should first break through,
and pour a torrent of light into our dark world."
(Mary Shelley)
Quote 23: "...the moon gazed on my midnight
labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless
eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding-places."
(Mary Shelley)
Quote 24: "It was already one in the morning;
the rain pattered dismally against the panes,
and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by
the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I
saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open..."
(Mary Shelley)
Quote 25: "Few things are harder to put
up with than the annoyance of a good example."
(Mark Twain)
Quote 26: "The pure and simple truth is
rarely pure and never simple." (Oscar Wilde)
Quote 27: "Man invented language to satisfy
his deep need to complain." (Lily Tomlin)
Quote 28: "Was I to believe him in earnest
in his intention to penetrate to the centre of
this massive globe? Had I been listening to the
mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific
conclusions of a lofty genius? Where did truth
stop? Where did error begin?" (Jules Verne)
Quote 29: "You cannot do wrong without
suffering wrong." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Quote 30: "The price of success is perseverance.
The price of failure comes cheaper." (Anonymous)
Quote 31: "Adversity reveals genius, prosperity
conceals it." (Horace)