Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home

Quote by Thornton Wilder

Topics: Pride Quotes

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and...

When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and...

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of...

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of...

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live...

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live...

Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder

Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the...

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the...

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are...

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are...

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim...

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim...

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having...

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having...

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings,...

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings,...

There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different...

There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different...

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware...

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware...

For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?

For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy the...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy the...

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

Follow the advice of those who make you crie, never of those who make you...

Follow the advice of those who make you crie, never of those who make you...