“Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age is the time to practice it”. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
Before Covid-19 altered our lives, I used to go to my local public library regularly. I love just walking through those aisles full of books and just pick one of those, or many, and sit down and read for at least three hours. The books of quotations are one of my favorites. Now the public local library has been closed for more than a year, and it doesn’t have a re-opening date; the employees behind the closed glass doors just say: “We don’t know anything”. In the following post I present you a number of quotations that I found out in those visits to the library. I hope you like it and share it with your friends.
Here they are:
35-"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf". George Orwell
Via Pixabay
34-“The mark of an educated man is that he’s prepared to look things up”. Kingsley Amis
Via Pixabay
33-“Action is the fundamental key to all success”. Pablo Picasso
Via Pixabay
32-“Every day is a new life to the wise man”. Dale Carnegie
Via Pixabay
31-“The aims of anarchists and true communists are identical”. Johann Most
Via Pixabay
30-“Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood”. George S. Patton
General Patton 3-cent 1953 issue U.S. stamp. "Honoring Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., and the Armored Forces of the US Army."
29-“A monarch should be ever intent on conquest, otherwise his neighbors rise in arms against him”. Akbar, Mogul Emperor of India
Via Pixabay
28-“No man can become rich without himself enriching others”. Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie in National Portrait Gallery. Unidentified painter (circa 1905)
27-“An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide”. Arnold J. Toynbee
Via Pixabay
26-“If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere”. Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh. The Red Tree House (1890)
25-“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life”. Charles Darwin
In the Galapagos Islands. Via Pixabay
24-“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so”. Charles de Gaulle
A little girl poses next to a Charles de Gaulle's statue.
23-“I believe that all children should be surrounded by books and animals”. Gerald Durrell
Via Pixabay
22-“Memory is the mother of imagination, reason and skill… This is the companion, this is the tutor, the poet, the library with which you travel”. Mark van Doren
Via Pixabay
21-“Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can; there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did”. Sarah Caldwell
Via Pixabay
20-“The cultured man has the obligation to be intolerant”. Nicolás Gómez Dávila
St. Peter's Square.
19-“I think that I am here, on this earth, to present a report on it, but to whom I don’t know”. Czelaw Mislosz
Via Pixabay
18- “The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations”. Adam Smith
Adam Smith by Patric Park, 1845.
17-“Action expresses priorities”. Mahatma Gandhi
A statue of Gandhi.
16-“One who makes no mistakes makes nothing at all”. Giacomo Casanova
Via Pixabay
15-“Religion is a power, a political engine, and if there was no God, I would have to invent one”. Napoleon Bonaparte
Via Pixabay
14-“Genius learns from nature; talent from books”. Josh Billings
Via Pixabay
13-“A well-built physique is a status symbol. It reflects you worked hard for it. No money can buy it, you cannot borrow it, you cannot inherit it, you cannot steal it. You cannot hold onto it without constant work. It shows discipline, it shows self-respect, it shows patience, work ethic and passion. That is why I do what I do”. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold doing Back Double Biceps.
12-“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads”. Erica Jong
Via Pixabay
11- “Socialism and communism produce corruption and decay. Oppression. All nations should resist socialism”. Donald Trump
Via Pixabay
10-“A Person’s first duty, a young person’s at any rate, is to be ambitious, and the noblest ambition is that of leaving behind something of permanent value”. G.H. Hardy
Michelangelo's David (between 1501 and 1504)
9-“Try a hard problem. You may not solve it, but you will prove something else”. John Edensor Littlewood
Via Pixabay
8-“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul”. Johann Sebastian Bach
Via Pixabay
7-“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms”. Thomas Jefferson
A statue of Thomas Jefferson.
6-“The man who knows no foreign language knows nothing of his mother tongue”. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Via Pixabay
5-“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.” Nikola Tesla
Via Pixabay
4-“Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge”. George Herbert
Via Pixabay
3-“A man is respected in proportion to how well he dresses”. Arabic Proverb
Via Pixabay
2-“There is no weapon more deadly than the will”. Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee statue in Hong Kong.
1-"Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the world". Archimedes of Syracuse
Thomas Degeorge. Death of Archimedes (1815)
Bonus quote:
“I live for myself and I answer to nobody”. Steve McQueen
The King of Cool.
So, what do you think? Which one resonated with you the most? Feel free to share with us your favorite quotes in the comment section. I hope your luck is better than mine and your local public library is open, if so, go there, what are you waiting for? A whole world is expecting you there in those aisles, those shelves, full of knowledge. This is my forth collection of quotes here on Ecency, you can check the others here:
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