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G K Chesterton: Reason is itself...

G K Chesterton: Reason is itself...

Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any realtion to reality at...

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G K Chesterton: People in high...

G K Chesterton: People in high...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily...

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Charles Dickens: It's my opinion,...

Charles Dickens: It's my opinion,...

It's my opinion, sir, that this meeting is drunk.

Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch....

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Charles Dickens: Yes I have...

Charles Dickens: Yes I have...

Yes I have a pair of eyes,' replied Sam, 'and that's just it. If they was a pair o' patent double million magnifyin'...

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Mark Twain: It usually takes...

Mark Twain: It usually takes...

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

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Mark Twain: India has 2,000,000...

Mark Twain: India has 2,000,000...

India has 2,000,000 gods, and worships them all. In religion other countries are paupers; India is the only...

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Mark Twain: An Englishman is...

Mark Twain: An Englishman is...

An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things...

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Charles Dickens: To be shelterless...

Charles Dickens: To be shelterless...

To be shelterless and alone in the open country, hearing the wind moan and watching for day through the whole long...

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Charles Dickens: Fan the sinking...

Charles Dickens: Fan the sinking...

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.

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Charles Dickens: Never close your...

Charles Dickens: Never close your...

Never close your lips to those to whom you've opened your heart.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: A woman's hopes...

George Eliot: A woman's hopes...

A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.

Source: 'Felix...

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George Eliot: Perhaps his might...

George Eliot: Perhaps his might...

Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate...

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George Eliot: It is, I...

George Eliot: It is, I...

It is, I fear, but a vain show of fulfilling the heathen precept, Know thyself, and too often leads to a...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: You only have...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: You only have...

You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of...

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George Eliot: There is a...

George Eliot: There is a...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy,...

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Mark Twain: Don't, like the...

Mark Twain: Don't, like the...

Don't, like the cat, try to get more out of an experience than there is in it. The cat, having sat upon a hot stove...

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Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a...

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Mark Twain: By his father...

Mark Twain: By his father...

By his father he is English, by his mother he is American -- to my mind the blend which makes the perfect...

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Mark Twain: Forgiveness is the...

Mark Twain: Forgiveness is the...

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

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Mark Twain: I believe that...

Mark Twain: I believe that...

I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey.

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