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Inspiration Quotes - Page 124

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.460, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1888). “Longfellow's Days: The Longfellow Prose Birthday Book : Extracts from the Journals and Letters of H. W. Longfellow”

The devil finds work for idle hands.

Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden: An Annotated Edition”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!

Galen, Arthur John Brock (1991). “On the natural faculties”, Loeb Classical Library

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.199, Cornell University Press