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13535 quotesMutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
Inconsistency
Joseph Addison
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Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.
Faults
Joseph Addison
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Editing and Editors
Joseph Addison
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Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.
Virtue
Joseph Addison
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The disease of jealously is so malignant that is converts all it takes into its own nourishment.
Jealousy
Joseph Addison
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
Friends and Friendship
Joseph Addison
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The post of honor is a private station.
Honor
Joseph Addison
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
Critics and Criticism
Joseph Addison
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
Stardom
Joseph Addison
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There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.
Dress
Joseph Addison
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There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
Business
Joseph Addison
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty.
Beauty
Joseph Addison
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
Solitude
Joseph Addison
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We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the next step to being dull.
Seriousness
Joseph Addison
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With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.
Benefactors
Joseph Addison
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Anybody can win unless there happens to be a second entry.
Winners and Winning
George Ade
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Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant.
Service
George Ade
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For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.
Communication
George Ade
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If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.
Present
George Ade
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The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack.
Travel and Tourism
George Ade
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The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
Negotiation
Konrad Adenauer
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We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.
Humankind
Konrad Adenauer
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Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.
Inferiority
Alfred Adler
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It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
Patriotism
Alfred Adler
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The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
Caution
Alfred Adler
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun