thank you poems for teachers

To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life. ~Lord Chesterfield



For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? ~Luke 9:25



It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



But a weed is simply a plant that wants to grow where people want something else. In blaming nature, people mistake the culprit. Weeds are people's idea, not nature's. ~Author Unknown



Always live up to your standards - by lowering them, if necessary. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds. ~Mary Worley Montagu



Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker. ~Allen Tate



All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching? ~Nicholas Johnson



To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. ~Soren Kierkegaard



Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



No modern idea has affected history more than the passion of nationalism. ~Charles R. Poinsatte, Understanding History Through the American Experience



Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history. ~Pieter Geyl, Debates With Historians



There are times when silence has the loudest voice. ~Leroy Brownlow



When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. ~Voltaire



The middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all; they will chew our meat for us. ~Michel de Montaigne, translated



If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. ~Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam



I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones. ~Author unknown, attributed to a 4-year-old named Lauren



We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. ~Eric Hoffer



Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me. ~Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1588



In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson