The best excuse is to have none. Ivan Panin More Quotes by Ivan Panin More Quotes From Ivan Panin For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it. Ivan Panin beautyinspirationallove To go through life without love is to travel through the world in a carriage with closed windows. Ivan Panin lovewindowworld Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know. Ivan Panin knowsknowledge The furnace which melts gold, also hardens clay. Before blaming thy fate, therefore, find whether thou art gold or clay. Ivan Panin fategoldart Men are willing to admit that they are sinners, but not that they are sinning. Ivan Panin sinningwillingmen As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife. Ivan Panin stormseabeautiful If silence is good for the wise, how much better is it for the foolish! Ivan Panin silencewisefoolish Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail what it received by the pint. Ivan Panin pumpsechoeslove The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head. Ivan Panin charityheart What we know is to what we do not know, as a grain of sand is to the beach. Ivan Panin sandbeachknowledge How adversity doth ope the eye! A moon can be seen by day as well as by night; but, to see the stars, you must be in darkness. Ivan Panin adversitystarseye If you must hate a man for the many things about which you disagree, remember that you should also love him for the many things about which you agree. Ivan Panin hateremembermen From the moment we expect gratitude, we forfeit it. Ivan Panin forfeitgratitudemoments However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies. Ivan Panin menenemy Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds. Ivan Panin nailsadversitythee Solve the problem of life? Live, and you solve it. Ivan Panin solveproblemlife Gossip is putting two and two together, and making it five. Ivan Panin gossiptogethertwo The danger from lightning is gone when the thunder is heard, and the worst is over when misfortune has arrived. Ivan Panin thunderlightninggone Men's eyes are in their heads; women's, in their hearts. Ivan Panin womeneyeheart The best life is that which makes the best of life. Ivan Panin life-islife
