#known

Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue. ↗

— David Mallet

#hath #himself #his #ill #knew

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#bird #flies #generally #happy #human

The longer one lives, the more mysterious life seems. ↗

— Francis Brett Young

#mystery #unknown #life

Pieces" Isn't that what all of life is anyway? Shards. Bits. Moments. Am I less because I have fewer, or do the few I have mean more? Am I just as full as anyone else? Enough? Pieces. Allys saying "I like you" Gabriel snorting out bread freeing me to laugh. And Ethan reminding me how much I do know. Pieces. I hold them likethey are life itself. They nearly are. ↗

— Mary E. Pearson

#life #pieces #unknown #life

It’s the unknown that draws people. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#adventures #attraction #discovery #fascination #love-of-the-unknown

I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#i #known #other #songs #than

Typecasting is a good thing. It's good to be known for what you do. ↗

— Steve Guttenberg

#good #good thing #known #thing #you

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come. ↗

— Mika Waltari

#come #differ #dread #during #gods

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes. ↗

— Avicenna

#all things #anything #causes #complete #knowledge

On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned. ↗

— Christiaan Barnard

#i #known #little #monday #renowned