curmudgeon quotes by THIOGNIS-1479486379
Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man, never to behold the sun's scorching rays; but if one is born, then one is to press as quickly as possible to the portals of Hades, and rest there under the earth.
curmudgeon quotes by WILLIAM HAZLITT-1479481583
I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it raging and roaring like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free and ending just where it began.
curmudgeon quotes by EDGAR SALTUS-1479480204
Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.
curmudgeon quotes by G.K. CHESTERTON-1479478623
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.
curmudgeon quotes by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-1479402959
Oh that this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew.
curmudgeon quotes by HOMER-1479401057
Nothing is more miserable than man,Of all upon the earth that breathes and creeps.
curmudgeon quotes by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW-1479399636
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
curmudgeon quotes by MARK TWAIN-1479398433
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? Is it because we are not the person involved?
curmudgeon quotes by JONATHAN SWIFT-1479367194
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.
curmudgeon quotes by WILLIAM COWPER-1479365414
Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness,Some boundless contiguity of shade,Where rumour of oppression and deceit,Of unsuccessful or successful war,Might never reach me more.
curmudgeon quotes by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-1479358458
When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
curmudgeon quotes by JOHN STUART MILL-1479026774
[I] put the question directly to myself: "Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to, could be complete
curmudgeon quotes by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM-1479025164
I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.
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