(283 quotes found)
“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late”
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
“The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.”
“Those things that hurt, instruct.”
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
“Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security”
“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines”
“We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!”