Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter This famous line of Keats expresses the great truth that man is essentially a dreamer, lost in visions of things …
We all desire peace but not the things that make for peace It is of course true that nobody would openly advocate the cause of war unless it is …
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do “Frame” said Milton, “was the last infirmity of the noble mind.” Ordinary people must be much …
It has been observed that they who most loudly clamour for liberty, do not most liberally grant it Those, who most loudly clamour for liberty, are usually the persons …
If men would think more, they would act less This statement reminds us of Hamlet who thought and thought and acted only when it was too late. It is …
We talk little if we do not talk about ourselves The statement applies to egoists, but since most of us are so, we delight in talking about ourselves. We …
Sweet are the uses of adversity Normally man is desirous of happiness and prosperity and dreads adversity. Hardship and suffering are naturally unwelcomed and man loves a life of …
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn; good and ill together Not a few of us are prone to believe that man’s life is nothing but …
