Mean spirits under disappointment, like small beer in a thunderstorm always turn sour

Quote by John Randolph

Topics: Disappointment Quotes

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

I believe I should have been swept away by the flood of French infidelity, if...

I believe I should have been swept away by the flood of French infidelity, if...

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about...

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about...

There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels...

There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels...

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left...

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left...

Years and sins are always more than owned

Years and sins are always more than owned

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The...

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The...

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the...

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates...

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates...

Time does not, and shall never, equal experience.

Time does not, and shall never, equal experience.

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each...

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each...

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures...

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures...