debastiani.org ten quotes

Why Quotes?

Michel de Montaigne said "I quote others only the better to express myself".

The web is full of quotes, with dedicated sites, so why another page?

This is a more humble project i.e. a limited number (ten) of quotes that could possibly describe the entirety of me.

A ship in the harbor is safe. But that's not what ships are built for.
(Paulo Coelho, writer, 1947-)

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
(George Bernard Shaw, writer, 1856-1950, The Nobel Prize in Literature 1925)

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
(Oscar Wilde, writer, 1854-1900)

Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
(Bertrand Russell, philosopher, 1872-1970, The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950)

I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would be a pity, for sleeping is the highest accomplishment of genius.
(Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher, 1813-1855)

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials
(Lin Yutang, writer, 1895-1976)

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
(Walt Whitman, poet, 1819-1892)

A good chance always occurs in your life, you just need to recognize it.
(Tiziano Terzani, essayist, 1938-2004)

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
(Albert Einstein, physicist, 1879-1955, The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921)

E' un modo comodo di vivere quello di credersi grande di una grandezza latente. It's easy to live, believing to be great of a latent greatness.
(Italo Svevo, writer, pseud. of Ettore Schmitz, 1861-1928)




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