"Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time."

Bacon, Francis | Past | 1 bookmarks

"The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors."

Voltaire | Opinions | 1 bookmarks

"The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history."

Hegel, Friedrich | History and Historians | 2 bookmarks

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Twain, Mark | Action | 64 bookmarks

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."

Sills, Beverly | Effort | 2 bookmarks

"Pure innovation is more gross than error."

Chapman, George | Innovation | 1 bookmarks

"Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?"

Edwards, Tryon | Anxiety | 2 bookmarks

"Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing."

Orwell, George | Progress | 3 bookmarks

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

King Jr. Martin Luther | Hope | 10 bookmarks

"Always expect the worst, and you will never be disappointed."

Wastholm, Peter | Expectation | 1 bookmarks