in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she is blind, she is not invisible.
from the book "Essays" by Francis Bacon
If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she is blind, she is not invisible.
I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs.
I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it.
Perhaps if one flew high enough... one would be able to see.
All human beings search for either reasons to be good, or excuses to be bad.
The man who is honest and good ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not.
On a mellow evening in September, I was coming from the garden with a heavy basket of apples which I had been gathering. It had got dusk, and the moon looked over the high wall of the court, causing undefined shadows to lurk in the corners of the numerous projecting portions of the building. I set my burden on the house steps by the kitchen door, and lingered to rest, and draw in a few more breaths of the soft, sweet air; my eyes were on the moon, and my back to the entrance, when I heard a voice behind me say.
Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don't have that, your kidding yourself and your listener.
It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crop.
A dimple on the chin, the devil within.