No one acts more foolishly than a wise man in love.

Quote by Charles Dickens

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

The business of the law is to increase the business of the law

The business of the law is to increase the business of the law

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little...

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little...

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone...

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone...

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he...

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he...

Black are the brooding clouds and troubled the deep waters, when the Sea of Thought,...

Black are the brooding clouds and troubled the deep waters, when the Sea of Thought,...

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last

We forge the chains we wear in life

We forge the chains we wear in life

What is meant by a knowledge of the world is simply, an acquaintance with the...

What is meant by a knowledge of the world is simply, an acquaintance with the...

Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I...

Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I...

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words...

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing;...

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing;...

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it...

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it...

Because psychologists have been able to discover, exactly as in a slow-motion picture, the way...

Because psychologists have been able to discover, exactly as in a slow-motion picture, the way...

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgment...

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgment...