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Aesop: He that always...

Aesop: He that always...

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

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Dorothy L Sayers: There certainly does...

Dorothy L Sayers: There certainly does...

There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will...

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Hannah Arendt: Economic growth may...

Hannah Arendt: Economic growth may...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into...

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Joel A Barker: Vision without action...

Joel A Barker: Vision without action...

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the...

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Felix Frankfurter: The mark of...

Felix Frankfurter: The mark of...

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring...

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Warren E Burger: Free speech carries...

Warren E Burger: Free speech carries...

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Source: Majority opinion in 7-1...

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Warren E Burger: Calculated risks of...

Warren E Burger: Calculated risks of...

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

Source:...

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Dale Carnegie: Flaming enthusiasm, backed...

Dale Carnegie: Flaming enthusiasm, backed...

Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . ....

. . . what is the zest of argument when the antagonist is not allowed to answer?

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G K Chesterton: The chief object...

G K Chesterton: The chief object...

The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.

Source:...

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G K Chesterton: The gallows in...

G K Chesterton: The gallows in...

The gallows in my garden, people say,
Is new and neat and adequately tall.


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Kingsley Amis: Outside every fat...

Kingsley Amis: Outside every fat...

Outside every fat man there is an even fatter man trying to close in.

Source: One...

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Robert Penn Warren: How do poems...

Robert Penn Warren: How do poems...

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

Source: Poetry Is a Kind of...

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Mary Renault: The perpetual stream...

Mary Renault: The perpetual stream...

The perpetual stream of human nature is formed into ever-changing shallows, eddies, falls and pools by the land over...

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Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

Source: Hawthorne,...

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Henry James, Jr: I hate American...

Henry James, Jr: I hate American...

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name...

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Dorothy L Sayers: Very dangerous things,...

Dorothy L Sayers: Very dangerous things,...

Very dangerous things, theories.

Source: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona...

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Charles Simmons: Both mind and...

Charles Simmons: Both mind and...

Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of...

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Katherine Mansfield: Risk! Risk anything!...

Katherine Mansfield: Risk! Risk anything!...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you....

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Iris Murdoch: We live in...

Iris Murdoch: We live in...

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find...

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