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Guillaume Apollinaire: I love men,...

Guillaume Apollinaire: I love men,...

I love men, not for what unites them, but for divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their...

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Nelson Algren: The avocation of...

Nelson Algren: The avocation of...

The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back...

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Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism -- that some new drug, or...

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George Sand: He who draws...

George Sand: He who draws...

He who draws noble delights from the sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all...

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Colette: You will do...

Colette: You will do...

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: If the study...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: If the study...

If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those...

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Homer: And what he...

Homer: And what he...

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Louis L'Amour: No memory is...

Louis L'Amour: No memory is...

No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own...

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Ian Fleming: A horse is...

Ian Fleming: A horse is...

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.

Source: In...

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Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body...

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Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: It is with...

Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: It is with...

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live...

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Ernest Dimnet: The happiness of...

Ernest Dimnet: The happiness of...

The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of...

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Thomas Hobbes: Such truth, as...

Thomas Hobbes: Such truth, as...

Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.

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Mahatma Gandhi: Truth never damages...

Mahatma Gandhi: Truth never damages...

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Source: Non-Violence in Peace and War,...

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Ivan Turgenev: However much you...

Ivan Turgenev: However much you...

However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible...

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Jeremy Bentham: It is the...

Jeremy Bentham: It is the...

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and...

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Someday, after mastering...

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Someday, after mastering...

Someday, after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energy of love; and for the second time...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The philosopher believes...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The philosopher believes...

The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The doctrine of...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The doctrine of...

The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A cynic can...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A cynic can...

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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