Zitate, Sprüche & Aphorismen auf Englisch
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Mortimer Jerome Adler
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.
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Mortimer Jerome Adler
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
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Mortimer Jerome Adler
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature. If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess.
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Aesop
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one or the other, and then we know how to meet him.
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Aesop
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
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Aesop
Affairs are easier of entrance than exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
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Aesop
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
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Aesop
Appearances are often deceiving.
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Aesop
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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Aesop
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Aesop
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
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Aesop
Familiarity breeds contempt.
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Aesop
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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Aesop
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
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Aesop
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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Aesop
Kindness effects more than severity.
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Aesop
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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Aesop
Slow and steady wins the race.
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Aesop
Suffering is instruction.
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Aesop
The gods help them that help themselves.