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Aeschylus: He who goes...

Aeschylus: He who goes...

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Oscar Wilde: Consistency is the...

Oscar Wilde: Consistency is the...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Source: The Relation of Dress...

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David Hare: The theatre is...

David Hare: The theatre is...

The theatre is the best way of showing the gap between what is said and what is seen to be done, and that is why,...

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George Moses Horton: My genius from...

George Moses Horton: My genius from...

My genius from a boy
Has fluttered like a bird within my heart;
But could not thus confined her power...

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George Moses Horton: Because the brood-sows...

George Moses Horton: Because the brood-sows...

Because the brood-sows left side pigs were black
Whose sable tincture was by nature struck.
Were you by justice...

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Alexander Smith: Everything is sweetened...

Alexander Smith: Everything is sweetened...

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Source: Of Death and the Fear of Dying.
--...

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Richard Lovelace: If I have...

Richard Lovelace: If I have...

If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free,
-- Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such...

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Ogden Nash: An occasional lucky...

Ogden Nash: An occasional lucky...

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for,
Even then, no sooner has he...

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Ogden Nash: How easy for...

Ogden Nash: How easy for...

How easy for those who do not bulge
To not overindulge!


Source: A Necessary...

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Harriet Monroe: . . ....

Harriet Monroe: . . ....

. . . poetry, 'The Cinderella of the Arts.'

Source: In Harriet Monroe, Famous...

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Martial: Lawyers are men...

Martial: Lawyers are men...

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Douglas Jerrold: Earth is here...

Douglas Jerrold: Earth is here...

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

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Thomas Tusser: Who goeth a...

Thomas Tusser: Who goeth a...

Who goeth a borrowing
Goeth a sorrowing.
Few lend (but fools)
Their working...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of...

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Nicolas Chamfort: The majority of...

Nicolas Chamfort: The majority of...

The majority of those who put together collections of verses or epigrams resemble those who eat cherries or oysters:...

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Miguel de Cervantes: The proof of...

Miguel de Cervantes: The proof of...

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole...

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Terry McMillan: It's sad to...

Terry McMillan: It's sad to...

It's sad to think that we've gotten to this that we actually have to think about how to go about finding a man. But...

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Charlotte Bronte: Prejudices, it is...

Charlotte Bronte: Prejudices, it is...

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or...

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Vita Sackville-West: Among the many...

Vita Sackville-West: Among the many...

Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin...

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Ugo Betti: Memories are like...

Ugo Betti: Memories are like...

Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.

Source: Goat...

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