Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home

Quote by Thornton Wilder

Topics: Pride Quotes

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

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

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

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.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ...

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ...

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the...

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the...

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...

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put...

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put...

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

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,...

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...

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on...

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on...

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...

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...

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...

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

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...

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the...

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the...

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop...

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop...

Before a person makes a decision or gets involved he should form the habit of...

Before a person makes a decision or gets involved he should form the habit of...