SOME VALUABLE QUOTES

 

           

                                    SOME VALUABLE QUOTES

            Under this heading there are given below a number of short sentences with a good deal of wisdom. You need them for leading a joyous, peaceful, and faultless life. They are the essence of great men’s practical lives.  A single sentence may be the gist of many valuable books.

            Here is a very modest selection.

1.     A new broom sweeps well, but an old one is best for the corners.---An old saying.

2.     Everybody wants to live longer but nobody wants to grow old. JULES ROSTAND

3.     A danger foreseen is half avoided.---Ancient Proverb.

4.     Men who are smart enough to destroy the world shouldn’t be dumb enough to do it.---DAN KIDNEY

5.     An excess of courtesy is discourtesy.---Japanese Proverb

6.     I would be true, for there are those who trust me;

I would be pure, for there are those who care;

I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;

I would be brave, for there is much to dare.

I would be friend of all ---the poor, the friendless;

I would be giving and forget the gift;

I would be humble, for I know my weakness;

I would look up  ---and laugh ---and love ---and lift.----HOWARD ARNOLD WALTER (1883-1918). American author and hymn writer.

 

7.     It is common for the younger sort to lack discretion. ----William Shakespeare, English poet and dramatist (1564-1616).

 

NOTE: All the remaining quotes in this list are by William Shakespeare.

 

8.     Things may serve long, but not serve ever.

9.     O! how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes!

10.                          Be guided by others’ experience.

11.                        The purest spring is not so free from mud.

12.                        True nobility is exempt from fear.

13.                         Be not afraid of shadows.

14.                        It is sin to flatter.

15.                         Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.(A wit is mentally sharp , full of humour,  clever, and intelligent.)

16.                        Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.

17.                        A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities.

18.                        Lord! We know what we are but know not what we may be.

19.                         We cannot but obey the powers above us.

20.                        Great men should drink with harness on their throats.

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G.R.Kanwal

30 June 2026