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The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft a-gley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
For promis’d joy.
Robert Burns1759–1796To a Mouse (1786)In context
- Failure
- Luck
Friends of my youth, a last adieu! haply some day we meet again;
Yet ne’er the self-same men shall meet; the years shall make us other men.
Richard Francis Burton1821–1890The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)
- Change
- Friendship
A change came o’er the spirit of my dream.
Lord Byron1788–1824The Dream (1816), Stanza 3.
- Change
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
WCWilliam Bruce CameronOften credited to Albert Einstein
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
Joseph Campbell1904–1987A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living (1991), p. 18
- Change
- Life & Death
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.
Albert Camus1913–1960Return to Tipasa (1954)
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Albert Camus1913–1960The Myth of Sisyphus (1942)
With rebellion, awareness is born.
Albert Camus1913–1960The Rebel (1951), Part 1: The Rebel
Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them.
Albert Camus1913–1960The Myth of Sisyphus
Everything you want also wants you.
Jack Canfieldborn 1944
You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
Al Capone1899–1947
- Guns
People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point.
George Carlin1937–2008When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004)
- Entertainment
- Life & Death
.I had to face the horrible truth: The antitobacco people are lying. Smoking really is cool. And I’m less cool for not doing it.
Tucker Carlsonborn 1969
When the oak is felled the forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown silently by an unnoticed breeze.
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881
When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.
Dale Carnegie1888–1955