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Mark Twain: We have the...

Mark Twain: We have the...

We have the best government that money can buy.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mark Twain: Whenever you find...

Mark Twain: Whenever you find...

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

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Arthur Conan Doyle: There comes a...

Arthur Conan Doyle: There comes a...

There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Mediocrity knows nothing...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Mediocrity knows nothing...

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

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Erica Jong: And the trouble...

Erica Jong: And the trouble...

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Source: In...

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Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really...

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George Moore: A literary movement...

George Moore: A literary movement...

A literary movement consists of five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other...

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G K Chesterton: Just the other...

G K Chesterton: Just the other...

Just the other day in the Underground I enjoyed the pleasure of offering my seat to three...

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G K Chesterton: Education is the...

G K Chesterton: Education is the...

Education is the period during which I was being instructed by somebody I did not know, about something I did not want...

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G K Chesterton: Man seems to...

G K Chesterton: Man seems to...

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping...

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G K Chesterton: When we really...

G K Chesterton: When we really...

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very...

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G K Chesterton: Facts as facts...

G K Chesterton: Facts as facts...

Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality, because reality is a spirit.

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G K Chesterton: The most dangerous...

G K Chesterton: The most dangerous...

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists...

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G K Chesterton: Variability is one...

G K Chesterton: Variability is one...

Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one...

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Pearl Buck: Self-expression must pass...

Pearl Buck: Self-expression must pass...

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

Source: The...

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Pearl Buck: Every great mistake...

Pearl Buck: Every great mistake...

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Everyone confesses that...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Everyone confesses that...

Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most...

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Jerome K Jerome: It is always...

Jerome K Jerome: It is always...

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the...

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Honore de Balzac: The glory of...

Honore de Balzac: The glory of...

The glory of surgeons is like that of actors, who exist only in their lifetime and whose talent is no longer...

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