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Francisco de Quevedo famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring.

  • Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.

  • There is only one thing about which I shall have no regrets when my life ends. I have savored to the full all the small, daily joys. The bright sunshine on the breakfast table; the smell of the air at dusk; the sound of the clock ticking; the light rains that start gently after midnight; the hour when the family come home; Sunday-evening tea before the fire! I have never missed one moment of beauty, not even taken it for granted. Spring, summer, autumn, or winter. I wish I had failed as little in other ways.

  • Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

  • Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

  • ...decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying....

  • I'm expected to do what's right; I want to leave a legacy of positivity behind.

  • Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

  • I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.

  • If you don't have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past.

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