Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [521-540] of 632 Proverbs quotesProverbs QuotesProverbs Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.~ William Shakespeare There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.~ George Bernard Shaw Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.~ George Bernard Shaw The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.~ George Bernard Shaw The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.~ George Bernard Shaw When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.~ George Bernard Shaw If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?~ Harry Shearer Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind.~ Percy Bysshe Shelley We know what a person thinks, not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.~ Isaac Bashevis Singer You must believe in free will; there is no choice.~ Isaac Bashevis Singer No one spends someone else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.~ Mark Skousen Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.~ Slovenian Proverb Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.~ Socrates These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.~ King Solomon A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.~ Solon If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan 'neath slavery's heavy rod.~ Solon Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.~ Sophocles The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.~ Herbert Spencer Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.~ Dan Stanford And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in all the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.~ John Steinbeck Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print