Quote of the day
a new line every day at midnight (Paris time)
Here is the quote of the day: a line from a classic author, given word for word with its work and a link to the original text. It changes every day at midnight, Paris time.
“I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more—the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men.”
Selfia
Quotes checked word for word
Every quote shown here was found word for word in the original text or in a published public-domain translation, linked under the card. When the quote is a translation, the translator is named. No quote is shortened or rewritten.
The quote changes every day at midnight, Paris time: 366 different quotes over the year, one for each date on the calendar, the same for everyone.
Previous and coming days
Previous days
“It seemed to us that we had brought to that wedding of Nature our own wedding, to that calm our calm, and to that bright light the bright light of happiness within us.”
Henryk Sienkiewicz“There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry.”
Emily Dickinson“Fruit-laden trees bend down to earth; / The water-pregnant clouds hang low; / Good men are not puffed up by power-- / The unselfish are by nature so.”
Kalidasa
Coming days
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.”
William Shakespeare“Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty.”
William James“By doing just actions we come to be just; by doing the actions of self-mastery we come to be perfected in self-mastery; and by doing brave actions brave.”
Aristotle
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- Affirmation of the dayA positive line you can believe.
- Bible verse of the dayA Bible verse, word for word.
FAQ
What time does the quote of the day change?
At midnight, Paris time. Until then, the quote of the day stays the same for everyone, wherever you are reading from.
Are the quotes accurate?
Yes. Each quote was found word for word in a public-domain text, linked under the card. A quote that could not be verified is not published on this site.
Can I get the quote of the day on my phone?
Yes, with the Selfia app, free on Android with no account: it gives you lines every day based on the themes you pick, with reminders at the time that suits you.