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Adultery is the...

Adultery is the...

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

Source: A Book of Burlesques, in...

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I confess I...

I confess I...

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably...

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One may no...

One may no...

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to...

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No man is...

No man is...

No man is genuinely happy, married, who has to drink worse gin than he used to drink when he was...

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All argument is...

All argument is...

All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.

Source: Quoted in: James...

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As peace is...

As peace is...

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

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Nothing is more...

Nothing is more...

Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly...

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Poetry is the...

Poetry is the...

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Money, it turned...

Money, it turned...

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other...

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An identity is...

An identity is...

An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the mighty begin to fall, or when the wretched begin to...

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Try to be...

Try to be...

Try to be the best of what you are, even if what you are is no good.

Source: In

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Political truth is...

Political truth is...

Political truth is a libel - religious truth, blasphemy.

Source: ``Commonplaces,''...

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We talk little...

We talk little...

We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.

Source: In

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The world is...

The world is...

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest...

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INFLUENCE, n. In...

INFLUENCE, n. In...

INFLUENCE, n. In politics, a visionary pquo' given in exchange for a substantial pquid'.

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Sanity is a...

Sanity is a...

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Source:
-- Susan Sontag, (Jan 16 1933-2004), US author,...

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To live we...

To live we...

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

Source:...

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Samuel Beckett: Ever tried. Ever...

Samuel Beckett: Ever tried. Ever...

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: Technique is really...

Oscar Wilde: Technique is really...

Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and...

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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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