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Scott Alexander: The basic rule...

Scott Alexander: The basic rule...

The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.

Source: In The...

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Jenny Joseph: I shall sit...

Jenny Joseph: I shall sit...

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: My strength is...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: My strength is...

My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure.


Source: Sir...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Alone and warming...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Alone and warming...

Alone and warming his five wits,
The white owl in the belfry sits.


Source: Song:...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Children see things...

Lorraine Hansberry: Children see things...

Children see things very well sometimes -- and idealists even better.

Source: In...

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Wilson Mizner: I've known countless...

Wilson Mizner: I've known countless...

I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.

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Oscar Wilde: I played with...

Oscar Wilde: I played with...

I played with an idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escaped and recaptured it;...

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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Seems like God...

Lorraine Hansberry: Seems like God...

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams -- but He did give us children to make them...

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Marcel Pagnol: Honor is like...

Marcel Pagnol: Honor is like...

Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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William Wordsworth: The mightiest lever...

William Wordsworth: The mightiest lever...

The mightiest lever known to the moral world, imagination.

Source: In Pearls of...

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Thomas Gray: Where ignorance is...

Thomas Gray: Where ignorance is...

Where ignorance is bliss -
Tis folly to be wise.


Source: Ode on a Distant...

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Fulke Greville: I hardly know...

Fulke Greville: I hardly know...

I hardly know so true a mark of a little mind as the servile imitation of others.

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Francis Quarles: Let the fear...

Francis Quarles: Let the fear...

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: A traveller without...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: A traveller without...

A traveller without observation is a bird without wings.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Robert Browning: I trust in...

Robert Browning: I trust in...

I trust in Nature for the stable laws
Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant
And Autumn garner to the end of...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Take away the...

Lorraine Hansberry: Take away the...

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?

Source:
-- Lorraine...

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George Chapman: Pure innovation is...

George Chapman: Pure innovation is...

Pure innovation is more gross than error.

Source: King Henry, in Bussy D'Ambois,...

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Wendy Wasserstein: Sometimes I want...

Wendy Wasserstein: Sometimes I want...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I...

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Nicolas Boileau: The world is...

Nicolas Boileau: The world is...

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also...

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