If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.

Quote by Anne Bradstreet

Topics: Chance Quotes

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.

Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than...

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife,...

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife,...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good...

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good...

A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.

A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast,...

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast,...

In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,...

In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of...

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of...

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine