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Wilkie Collins: I am (thank...

Wilkie Collins: I am (thank...

I am (thank God) constitutionally superior to reason.

Source: In The Forbes Book of...

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Olive Schreiner: How hard it...

Olive Schreiner: How hard it...

How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on...

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Henry Kissinger: The illegal we...

Henry Kissinger: The illegal we...

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

Source:...

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Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

Source: In The...

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Mary Stewart: Have you ever...

Mary Stewart: Have you ever...

Have you ever thought, when something dreadful happens, a moment ago things were not like this, let it be then, not...

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Emile M Cioran: To be human...

Emile M Cioran: To be human...

To be human is no solution, any more than ceasing to be so.

Source: In Webster's...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: On the mountains...

Friedrich Nietzsche: On the mountains...

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be...

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Cynthia Ozick: The engineering is...

Cynthia Ozick: The engineering is...

The engineering is secondary to the vision.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Richard C Trench: Grammar is the...

Richard C Trench: Grammar is the...

Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.

Source: On...

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Ariel Durant: It is good...

Ariel Durant: It is good...

It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on...

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Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Daniel Defoe: Middle age is...

Daniel Defoe: Middle age is...

Middle age is youth without its levity,
And age without decay.


Source: In...

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Margot Asquith: He has a...

Margot Asquith: He has a...

He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.

Source: Referring to Sir Stafford...

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Pliny the Elder: Men are most...

Pliny the Elder: Men are most...

Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented.

Source: In The...

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Hannah Arendt: Fear is an...

Hannah Arendt: Fear is an...

Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Hannah Arendt: As witnesses not...

Hannah Arendt: As witnesses not...

As witnesses not of our intentions but of our conduct, we can be true or false, and the hypocrite's crime is that he...

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Harry A Blackmun: Who is to...

Harry A Blackmun: Who is to...

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are...

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Dale Carnegie: I deal with...

Dale Carnegie: I deal with...

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be...

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Dale Carnegie: The most important...

Dale Carnegie: The most important...

The most important thing in life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The important thing...

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