There’s no substitute…
There’s no substitute for hard work. – Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) More »
There’s no substitute for hard work. – Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) More »
There is no rule without exceptions. [There is no general rule without some exceptions.] / The exception proves the rule. More »
The three signs of great men are — generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success. – Otto von Bismarck (1815 – 98) More »
(There is) No rose without a thorn. [Every rose has its thorn.] More »
The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none. – Eden Phillpotts (1862 – 1960) More »
Willows are weak, yet they bind other wood. / Better bend, than break. / Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. More »
The pot calls the kettle black. / As good twenty as nineteen. More »
Things longed for seem long in coming. / A watched pot [pan] never boils. / A watched pot is long in boiling. More »
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us. – W. H. [Wystan Hugh] Auden (1907 – 73) More »
The one word you’ll need is no. – Bette Davis [Ruth Elizabeth Davis] (1908 – 89) More »