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Ernest Renan: In morals, truth...

Ernest Renan: In morals, truth...

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in...

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Ernest Renan: He whom God...

Ernest Renan: He whom God...

He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by...

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Gertrude Stein: Money is always...

Gertrude Stein: Money is always...

Money is always there, but the pockets change.

Source: The Practical Cogitator,...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: We travellers are...

Mary Wortley Montagu: We travellers are...

We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: A client is...

Arthur Conan Doyle: A client is...

A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.

Source: Sherlock Holmes in...

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Henry David Thoreau: Disobedience is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Disobedience is the...

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

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John Dalberg Acton: The most certain...

John Dalberg Acton: The most certain...

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by...

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Honore de Balzac: Solitude is fine,...

Honore de Balzac: Solitude is fine,...

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

Source:...

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George Moore: Genius and stupidity...

George Moore: Genius and stupidity...

Genius and stupidity never stray from their respective paths; talent wanders to and fro, following every...

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Katherine Paterson: Youth is a...

Katherine Paterson: Youth is a...

Youth is a mortal wound

Source: Jacob Have I Loved, 1980.
-- Katherine Paterson,...

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Edgar Watson Howe: Common sense is...

Edgar Watson Howe: Common sense is...

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

Source:...

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Edgar Watson Howe: Half the promises...

Edgar Watson Howe: Half the promises...

Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

Source: In Webster's...

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G K Chesterton: In matters of...

G K Chesterton: In matters of...

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you...

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Charles DeGaulle: Deliberation is the...

Charles DeGaulle: Deliberation is the...

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Source: War Memoirs,...

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Queen Victoria: I don't dislike...

Queen Victoria: I don't dislike...

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

Source:...

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Christina of Sweden: It is necessary...

Christina of Sweden: It is necessary...

It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as...

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Elizabeth II: It is easy...

Elizabeth II: It is easy...

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular...

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Elizabeth II: I should like...

Elizabeth II: I should like...

I should like to be a horse.

Source: When asked about her ambitions when a child;...

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Hubert H Humphrey: To err is...

Hubert H Humphrey: To err is...

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Grover Cleveland: Officeholders are the...

Grover Cleveland: Officeholders are the...

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

Source: Speech, 14...

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