Zitate, Sprüche & Aphorismen auf Englisch
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Edward Young
We take no note of Time But from its loss.
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Edward Young
What is this world? Thy school, O misery! Our only lesson is to learn to suffer.
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Edward Young
Who does the best his circumstance allows, does well, acts nobly; angels could do no more.
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Edward Young
Wise it is to comprehend the whole.
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Edward Young
With skill she vibrates her eternal tongue, For ever most divinely in the wrong.
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Lin Yutang
It is that unoccupied space which makes a room habitable, as it is our leisure hours which make life endurable.
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Lin Yutang
Setting aside the unessential is the essence of worldly wisdom.
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Lin Yutang
Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly as he thinks.
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Lin Yutang
The history of mankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little and the kite soars a little higher; sometimes the wind is too rough and we have to lower it a little, and sometimes it gets caught among the tree branches; but to reach the upper strata of pure bliss - ah, perhaps never.
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Lin Yutang
Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in the good old values anymore.
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Lin Yutang
What is patriotism but the love of the good things we ate in our childhood?
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Ernst Zacharias
Friendship is not only a precious gift but also a lifelong task.
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Darryl Francis Zanuck
If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.
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Dr. Johann Georg Zimmermann
Conceit and confidence are both of them cheats. The first always imposes on itself; the second frequently deceives others.
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Dr. Johann Georg Zimmermann
If you ask me which is the real hereditary sin of human nature, do you imagine I shall answer pride, or luxury, or ambition, or egotism? No; I shall say indolence. Who conquers indolence will conquer all the rest. Indeed all good principles must stagnate without mental activity.
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Dr. Johann Georg Zimmermann
In fame's temple there is always to be found a niche for rich dunces, importunate scoundrels, or successful butchers of the human race.
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Dr. Johann Georg Zimmermann
Many have been ruined by their fortune, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.
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Dr. Johann Georg Zimmermann
Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.
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Dr. Johann Georg Zimmermann
Take care to be an economist in prosperity: there is no fear of your being one in adversity.
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Dr. Johann Georg Zimmermann
The more you speak of yourself, the more likely you are to lie.