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Edgar Watson Howe: The sounder your...

Edgar Watson Howe: The sounder your...

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

Source: In The...

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Edgar Watson Howe: Families with babies...

Edgar Watson Howe: Families with babies...

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

Source:...

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Jane Austen: To sit in...

Jane Austen: To sit in...

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

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Annie Dillard: I startled a...

Annie Dillard: I startled a...

I startled a weasel who startled me, and we exchanged a long glance. . . . Our eyes locked, and someone threw away the...

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Gertrude Stein: Everybody knows if...

Gertrude Stein: Everybody knows if...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over...

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Aesop: It is in...

Aesop: It is in...

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

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Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

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Robertson Davies: The dog is...

Robertson Davies: The dog is...

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

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Jessamyn West: Nothing is so...

Jessamyn West: Nothing is so...

Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave.

Source: The Life I Really Lived,...

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Jerome K Jerome: Conceit is the...

Jerome K Jerome: Conceit is the...

Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.

Source: Idle Thoughts of an Idle...

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Jerome K Jerome: We are so...

Jerome K Jerome: We are so...

We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold...

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Honore de Balzac: Equality may perhaps...

Honore de Balzac: Equality may perhaps...

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

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Honore de Balzac: Necessity is the...

Honore de Balzac: Necessity is the...

Necessity is the spur of genius.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Honore de Balzac: No man should...

Honore de Balzac: No man should...

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

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Honore de Balzac: The motto of...

Honore de Balzac: The motto of...

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Most virtue is...

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.

Source: Quoted in: My Country 'tis...

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S J Perelman: A dreary industrial...

S J Perelman: A dreary industrial...

A dreary industrial town controlled by hoodlums of enormous wealth, the ethical sense of a pack of jackals and taste...

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E B White: I would feel...

E B White: I would feel...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and...

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Frederick Douglass: Power concedes nothing...

Frederick Douglass: Power concedes nothing...

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will . . .

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Frederick Douglass: Where justice is...

Frederick Douglass: Where justice is...

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel...

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