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Showing posts with label quotations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quotations. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Look at me, I'm clever and well-read because I have an obscure quote*

"There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life, and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live."
-- Jean de la Bruyère (1645-1696), French essayist and moralist

*all credit to DoubleFister on expats.cz

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Look at me, I'm clever and well-read because I have an obscure quote*

"To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions."
-- William James, American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910)

*with props to DoubleFister on expats.cz