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Muhammad Ali: There are no...

Muhammad Ali: There are no...

There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

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Let me smile...

Let me smile...

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Love is the...

Love is the...

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Source: Quoted in:...

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Much may be...

Much may be...

Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.

Source: Referring to Lord...

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No man is...

No man is...

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

Source: Quoted in: Boswell, Life of Samuel...

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Mrs. Montagu has...

Mrs. Montagu has...

Mrs. Montagu has dropt me. Now, Sir, there are people whom one should like very well to drop, but would not wish to be...

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All government, in...

All government, in...

All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man.

Source:...

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Sir, they are...

Sir, they are...

Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of...

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Smoking. . ....

Smoking. . ....

Smoking. . . is a shocking thing, blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes and noses, and...

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The vanity of...

The vanity of...

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose...

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There are charms...

There are charms...

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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There are minds...

There are minds...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits,...

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There is now...

There is now...

There is now less flogging in our great schools than formerly, but then less is learned there; so that what the boys...

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Virtue is too...

Virtue is too...

Virtue is too often merely local.

Source: The Idler, no. 53, in Universal Chronicle...

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What is written...

What is written...

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Source: Quoted...

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We love to...

We love to...

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

Source: Rambler,...

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Where there is...

Where there is...

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor.

Source: The Rambler
-- Samuel...

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What provokes your...

What provokes your...

What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the...

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Marguerite Duras: The thing that's...

Marguerite Duras: The thing that's...

The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether you're a man or a...

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Milan Kundera: A worker may...

Milan Kundera: A worker may...

A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be...

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