Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings

Research Database of Quotes

It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. Paper-Research now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.

Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.

Browse Topics

(Click a letter to view the topics)
A B C D E F G H I J K
L
M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Life

«Life is rather like a tin of sardines, we're all of us looking for the key»
Author: Alan Bennett (Actor, Writer) | About: Life | Keywords: sardine, sardines, tin, tinned, tins
«Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.»
«Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult»
Author: Hippocrates | About: Life | Keywords: fleeting, treacherous
«Life is short, and it is here to be lived.»
Author: Kate Winslet (Actress) | About: Life | Keywords: lived, short
«Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.»
Author: Sarah Louise Delany | About: Life
«Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel | About: Life | Keywords: haste, swift
«Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | About: Life | Keywords: ruin, ruined
«Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death»
«Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.»
«Life is short, but its ills make it seem long»
Author: Publilius Syrus | About: Life | Keywords: ills