Ivan Panin Quotes

Men are willing to admit that they are sinners, but not that they are sinning.

As the paper though it entereth the press white, yet when it cometh forth black is eagerly sought to be perused; so do thou let thy life, though darkened by adversity, be made all the more useful to thy fellows.

Foe every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.For every love there is a heart somewhere to recieve it.

It is not the roaring thunder that smites, but the silent lightning.

Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail what it received by the pint.

Solve the problem of life? Live, and you solve it.

The best excuse is to have none.

Though my sight be lost, I do not yet lose my faith: when I can no longer see, I can still believe.

Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.

Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

From the moment we expect gratitude, we forfeit it.

As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.

For misdirected love, the attainment of its object is, indeed, the best cure; but it cures as the guillotine cures headache.

Whether I shall be unfortunate depends also on others; whether I shall be unhappy depends only on myself.

As you do not sweeten your mouth by saying honey, so you do not grow virtuous by merely talking of virtue.

How adversity doth ope the eye! A moon can be seen by day as well as by night; but, to see the stars, you must be in darkness.

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.

The best life is that which makes the best of life.

What we know is to what we do not know, as a grain of sand is to the beach.

However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.