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Antonio Porchia: In a full...

Antonio Porchia: In a full...

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: We cannot all...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: We cannot all...

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it great.

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James Freeman Clarke: Conscience is the...

James Freeman Clarke: Conscience is the...

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his...

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Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

The stitch of a book is its words.

Source: In Book-of-the-Month Club News, Sep...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: It is only...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: It is only...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the...

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Harper Lee: You never really...

Harper Lee: You never really...

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

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Mary Ritter Beard: Beneath the surface...

Mary Ritter Beard: Beneath the surface...

Beneath the surface of civilian interests and capitalistic enterprise smoldered embers of the world's war spirit --...

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Elizabeth Montagu: To judge therefore...

Elizabeth Montagu: To judge therefore...

To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Eloquence may set...

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Eloquence may set...

Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Source: Gitlow vs. New York, 1924.
-- Oliver...

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William J Brennan, Jr: No longer is...

William J Brennan, Jr: No longer is...

No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the family and only the male for the...

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Bella Abzug: All of the...

Bella Abzug: All of the...

All of the men on my staff can type.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Walter Benjamin: He who observes...

Walter Benjamin: He who observes...

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no...

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Herodotus: The worst pain...

Herodotus: The worst pain...

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

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Titus Livy: We fear things...

Titus Livy: We fear things...

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee: I don't believe...

Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee: I don't believe...

I don't believe a committee can write a book . . . . It can, oh, govern a country, perhaps, but I don't believe it can...

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William Manchester: An Edwardian lady...

William Manchester: An Edwardian lady...

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were...

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Nathan Huggins: . . ....

Nathan Huggins: . . ....

. . . touching at last, the one who through superhuman power and character had pulled together the people in the birth...

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Robertson Davies: A truly great...

Robertson Davies: A truly great...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be...

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Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Delay breeds fear.

Source: The Life I Really Lived, 1975
-- Jessamyn West, (Jul...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Eternity -- waste...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Eternity -- waste...

Eternity -- waste of time.

Source: Quoted in: Adam, Gods, no. 299 (London,...

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