Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. View quotes by Sydney Smith
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. View quotes by John Gardner
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. View quotes by Robert Frost
