Confucius
PhilosopherChinese-551 · 6th century BC
Quote of the dayDecember 19
Quotes for December 1947 quotes · 38 authors
The archive keeps these quotes for this day of the year. They are the same every December 19: the anniversary does not move.
- Beware of the person of one book.
Saint AugustineTheologianRoman354 · 4th century
4.5 · 64 votes · 139 reads
- Do nothing hastily but catching of fleas.
4.4 · 59 votes · 197 reads
- Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.Archimedes
MathematicianGreek-287 · 3rd century BC
4.5 · 36 votes · 153 reads
- Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.
4.5 · 53 votes · 58 reads
- Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.
5.0 · 30 votes · 186 reads
- I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
4.3 · 20 votes · 134 reads
- Life is a zoo in a jungle.
Peter AbelardTheologianFrench1079 · 11th century
4.6 · 55 votes · 173 reads
- Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
Alan TuringMathematicianEnglish1912 · 20th century
3.1 · 45 votes · 54 reads
- The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
4.9 · 17 votes · 115 reads
- There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be.Niels Bohr
PhysicistDanish1885 · 19th century
4.4 · 47 votes · 137 reads
- When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the
Steve JobsBusinessmanAmerican1955 · 20th century
3.7 · 17 votes · 71 reads
