Quotes by Temple, Sir William

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, >>

When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but lik >>

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third fo >>

Quotations about Complaints and Complaining

I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. >>

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily refor >>

We lose the right of complaining sometimes, by denying something, but >>

Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.

Temple, Sir William