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There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about meetings, criticism, waste, peace, time

Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first Peace Conference opened at The Hague.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about peace, day

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about sin, faith, love

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

Quote by Joseph Addison about politics, influence, day

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

Quote by Joseph Addison about mind, world, man

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

Quote by Joseph Addison about modesty, talent, man

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

Quote by Joseph Addison about genius, books

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about wealth, crime, criminals

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

Quote by Joseph Addison about shadow, dream, hope, life

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing...

Quote by Joseph Addison about genius, man

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

Quote by Joseph Addison about music, good, good luck

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

Quote by Joseph Addison about weakness, nature, human imperfections

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

Quote by Joseph Addison about laughter, pleasure, good, good luck, life

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

Quote by Joseph Addison about joy, friendship, secret, human imperfections, life

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

Quote by Joseph Addison about atheism, measure, faith

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about obstacles, being, nothing, good, good luck

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

Quote by Aeschylus about justice, excess, wealth, man

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.

Quote by Aeschylus about judgment, home, house, rightness

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Quote by Aeschylus about pain, sadness, joy, memory, present