Jan 13 2009
Today’s Insightful Quotes from Literature
From all the myriad of quotations avid readers and literature students alike are familiar with, the day has seized me with some of the most popular and all-time favourites. I’m sharing what foremost came to mind.
George Orwell, Animal Farm — “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Robert Burns, Is There for Honest Poverty — “A man’s a man for a’ that.”
Robert Browning, Luria — “A man’s reach should exceed his grasp.”
Ben Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack — “A small leak will sink a great ship.”
Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening — “But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep…”
René Descartes, “Pensées,” Discours de la methode (Part IV) — Cogito, ergo sum.” (I think; therefore I am.)
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina — “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
Joyce Kilmer, Trees — “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.”
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities — “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
