Akhenaton
Akhenaton

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

Akhenaton
Akhenaton

Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.

Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne

Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and that's a very sad thing. It's film only as a function of consumerism rather than as an important component of our culture, and that's everywhere around the world.

Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.

Apollonius of Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana

O thou Sun, send me as far over the earth as is my pleasure and thine, and may I make the acquaintance of good men, but never hear anything of bad ones, nor they of me.

Ashwin Sanghi
Ashwin Sanghi

Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!'

Barnabe Barnes
Barnabe Barnes

Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.

Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Cecil Frank Powell
Cecil Frank Powell

Those placed in the position which I now occupy, commonly feel concern about their worthiness to receive the great honour which has been done them.

Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Oh, come, Divine Physician, and bind up every broken bone. Come with Thy sacred nard which Thou hast compounded of Thine own heart's blood, and lay it home to the wounded conscience and let it feel its power. Oh! Give peace to those whose conscience is like the troubled sea which cannot rest.