Home / Quotes / Quote by William Matthews

Quote by William Matthews

“There is a wide difference between general acquaintance and companionship. You may salute a man and exchange compliments with him daily, yet know nothing of his character, his inmost tastes arid feelings.”

Quote by William Matthews

Author

William Matthews

William Matthews, born on November 11, 1942, and passed away on November 12, 1997, was a renowned American poet. His poetry, known for its unique style and profound emotional expression, has had a significant impact on contemporary poetry. more

You May Also Like

“God has so framed us as to make freedom of choice and action the very basis of all moral improvement, and all our faculties, mental and moral, resent and revolt against the idea of coercion.”

Ideas Action Choices Moral Bases Improvement Faculty Coercion Revolt Resent Freedom Of Choice Framed

Author:William Matthews

“The countenance may be rightly defined as the title page which heralds the contents of the human volume, but like other title pages, it sometimes puzzles, often misleads, and often says nothing to the purpose.”

Humans May Sometimes Purpose Pages Defined Titles Volume Puzzles Mislead Countenance

Author:William Matthews

“As frost, raised to its utmost intensity, produces the sensation of fire, so any good quality, overwrought and pushed to excess, turns into its own contrary.”

Turns Quality Fire Produce Raised Contrary Sensations Intensity Excess Frost Good Quality

Author:William Matthews

“The petty cares, the minute anxieties, the infinite littles which go to make up the sum of human experience, like the invisible granules of powder, give the last and highest polish to a character.”

Giving Humans Littles Character Care Lasts Minutes Anxiety Highest Experience Infinite Invisible Petty Human Experience Polish Powder

Author:William Matthews

“Intercourse is after all man's best teacher. "Know thyself" is an excellent maxim; but even self-knowledge cannot be perfected in closets and cloisters--nor amid lake scenery, and on the sunny side of the mountains. Men who seldom mix with their fellow-creatures are almost sure to be one-sided--the victims of fixed ideas, that sometimes lead to insanity.”

“What lasting progress was ever made in social reformation, except when every step was insured by appeals to the understanding and the will?”

Made Social Understanding Steps Progress Appeals Lasting Reformation Every Step

Author:William Matthews

“What are the precise characteristics of an epigram it is not easy to define. It differs from a joke, in the fact that the wit of the latter dies in the words, and cannot therefore be conveyed in another language; while an epigram is a wit of ideas, and hence, is translatable. Like aphorisms, songs and sonnets, it is occupied with some single point, small and manageable; but whilst a song conveys a sentiment, a sonnet a poetical, and an aphorism a moral reflection, an epigram expresses a contrast.”

Ideas Facts Song Dies Language Easy Moral Jokes Reflection Wit Characteristics Latter Sentiments Contrast Aphorism Precise Sonnet Epigrams Manageable

Author:William Matthews

“My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.”

Doe Two Hands Form Courses Literature Brain Balls Fingers Connected Planes Pens Fountain Filling Typewriters Aeroplanes Fountain Pens Ballpoint Pens

Author:Graham Greene

“Talking, is a digestive process which is absolutely essential to the mental constitution of the man who devours many books.”

Men Book Process Talking He Man Essentials Constitution

Author:William Matthews

“When any duty is to be done, it is fortunate for you if you feel like doing it; but, if you do not feel like it, that is no reason for not doing it.”

Ifs Feels Reason Done Duty Fortunate No Reason

Book:Being a Christian: what it Means and how to Begin

Source: Being a Christian: what it Means and how to Begin