Neighbor Quotes

When the scientist talks about a “type”, he never means himself, but always his neighbor; preferably his poorer neighbor.

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.

Know thyself.

The villa’s and the chapel’s where I learned with little labor The way to love my fellow man And hate my next-door neighbor.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor’s house is ablaze.

If thou neglectest thy love to thy neighbor, in vain thou professest thy love to God; for by thy love to God, the love to thy neighbor is begotten, and by the love to thy neighbor, thy love to God is nourished.

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can’t fool the neighbors.

A good fence helpeth to keepe peace between neighbors; but let us take heed that we make not a high stone wall, to keepe us from meeting. (1640)

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.