Famous Quotes in History
This web site features a A to Z directory of quotes made by famous people in history. The quotes are listed alphabetically by the surname of the person who made the quote and by the topic of the quote.
Here are 10 Randomly Selected Quotes by Famous People in History
Christopher Morley : Women
Informal's what women always say they're going to be and never are.
Douglas Jerrold : Troubles
Troubles are like babies; they only grow by nursing.
Don Marquis : Poetry
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
Edward Verrall Lucas : Late
People who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.
Orson Welles : Misbehave
I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
Samuel Butler : Experts
The public do not know enough to be experts, yet know enough to decide between them.
Benjamin Franklin : Love
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Rudyard Kipling : Made
Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful', and sitting in the shade.
Sydney Smith : Marriage
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.
Benjamin Disraeli : Authors
The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as the mother who talks about her own children.
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