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Quotes: An Endless Bridge of Wisdom Quiz


Great personalities, for good or for evil, in their own words.

A multiple-choice quiz by DeepHistory. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
DeepHistory
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
362,119
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
669
Question 1 of 15
1. "Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less." Who said that masterpiece? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. "Life is simple, but we insist on making it complicated." Who said that? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. "Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot." Who said that, but only theoretically? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. "I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean it to keep on doing so until the end." Who said that? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. "Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools". Who said that? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. "The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought." Who said that? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. "If we are to die, let's die like men". Who said that? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. "Never be haughty to the humble and never be humble to the haughty". Who said that? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. "Hate the sin, love the sinner". Who said that? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. "We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves." Who said that?
Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. "Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!" Who said that? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers". Who said that?
Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." Who said that? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. "Courage is found in unlikely places." Who said that?
Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. "Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less." Who said that masterpiece?

Answer: Robert Edward Lee

The well-known Confederate general, Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), was a strong believer in moral values like duty, self-sacrifice, Christianity, respect for other people, kindness, loyalty and honesty.
2. "Life is simple, but we insist on making it complicated." Who said that?

Answer: Confucius

Confucius (551-479 B.C.) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, social relationships and sincerity.
3. "Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot." Who said that, but only theoretically?

Answer: Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, a.k.a. Lenin

Vladimir Ilych Lenin (1854 Sibyrsk, Russia - 1924, Moscow, USSR) was a Russian communist, revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He led the Bolshevik October revolution in 1917 that overthrew the Provisional Government and established the first Communist countrry in the world, the Soviet Union.
4. "I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean it to keep on doing so until the end." Who said that?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th President of the United States. He led his nation through its greatest constitutional, moral, military and political crisis - the American Civil War, preserving the Union, abolishing slavery and modernizing the economy.
5. "Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools". Who said that?

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French military and political leader. As a military leader, he conquered the most of Europe except Britain and Russia. In the political sphere, he introduced the Napoleonic Code, one of the finest law systems and proclaimed himself Emperor of France in 1804.
6. "The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought." Who said that?

Answer: H.G. Wells

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer, journalist, biologist, zoologist, teacher, historian and human rights activist. He was the father of the "Time Machine" idea. He is considered the successor of Charles Dickens, because of his creativity and his way of writing, of Jules Verne, because of his science fiction novels and pioneering ideas and of Leonardo da Vinci because he was a 'homo universalis'.
7. "If we are to die, let's die like men". Who said that?

Answer: Patrick Cleburne

Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (1828-1864) was a physician, a corporal in the British Army and a Major Gerneral in the Confederate States of America Army during the War of Secession. He fought bravely at Shiloh, Stnes River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Franklin, where he made the remark moments before his death.
8. "Never be haughty to the humble and never be humble to the haughty". Who said that?

Answer: Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) was an American soldier, a Senator from Mississippi and finally, the sole President of the CSA (Confederate States of America) during its War for Independence, a.k.a. American Civil War.
9. "Hate the sin, love the sinner". Who said that?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was the leader of Indian nationalism in the former British India. He employed passive resistance and other nonviolent actions to achieve his goal. He succeeded, but was subsequently murdered by a fanatic Hinduist who thought Gandhi was sympathetic to the Muslims.
10. "We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves." Who said that?

Answer: Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha, also known as Shiddhartha Gautama (circa 563-483 BCE) was an Indian philosopher who taught a 'Middle Way' between the sensual indulgence and severe asceticism found in many regions of India, like Magada and Kosala.
11. "Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!" Who said that?

Answer: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, essayist, philosopher and also short story writer. His most notable works are: "Crime and Punishment", "The Gambler", "The Idiot", "Demons", "Notes from Underground", "The House of the Dead" and "The Brothers Karamazov".
12. "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers". Who said that?

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an Englishman born in India, a short story writer, poet and novelist. His most notable works are: "The Jungle Book", "Kim", "The Man Who Would Be King", "The White Man's Burden" and "If-". He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907.
13. "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." Who said that?

Answer: Marie Curie

Marie Sklodowska-Curie was a French-Polish chemist, well known as a pioneer in researching radioactivity. She was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize, the first female professor at the Sorbonne and the first woman to be buried (for her own merit) in Pantheon of Paris.
14. "Courage is found in unlikely places." Who said that?

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was an English writer, university professor, philologist and poet. He is famous for writing "The Lord of The Rings", "Hobbit" and "The Silmarillion".
15. "Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."

Answer: Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a German-born physicist who developed the General Theory of Relativity, which is, along with quantum mechanics, the pillar of classic and modern physics. He is also famous for his mass-energy equivalence E = mc2.
Source: Author DeepHistory

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