Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent propaganda. As far as lies in its power, it tends to transform the universe and humanity into its own image.
Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821-1881) Swiss philosopher, poet, critic
Journal (2 May 1852) [tr. Ward (1887)]
Do thou thy best, and leave to God the rest.
James Howell (c. 1594 - 1666) British historian and writer
“Divers Centuries of New Sayings,” Paroimiographia (1659)
Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Note (4 Jul 1898), Mark Twain’s Notebook, [ed. A. Paine] (1935)
He who slings mud generally loses ground.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900-1965) American politician
Quoted in news summaries (11 Jan 1954)
No man was ever taken to hell by a woman unless he already had a ticket in his pocket or at least had been fooling around with timetables.
Rex Stout (1886-1975) American writer
Some Buried Caesar, ch. 3 [Archie] (1939)
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