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Imamu Amiri Baraka: A rich man...

Imamu Amiri Baraka: A rich man...

A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their...

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Virgil: Fortune sides with...

Virgil: Fortune sides with...

Fortune sides with him who dares.

Source: Aeneid.
-- Virgil, (Oct 15 70BC-19BC),...

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Dante: Worldly fame is...

Dante: Worldly fame is...

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes...

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Jean de LaFontaine: To win a...

Jean de LaFontaine: To win a...

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

Source:...

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Joaquin Miller: All honor to...

Joaquin Miller: All honor to...

All honor to him who shall win the prize,'
The world has cried for a thousand years;
But to him who tries...

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Robert Burns: Some rhyme a...

Robert Burns: Some rhyme a...

Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash;
Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash;
Some rhyme to court the country...

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Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo: Make no sound,...

Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo: Make no sound,...

Make no sound, do not speak: eyes, heart, mind dreams are about to explore a forest . . . . A secret but tangible...

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Thomas Campbell: The world was...

Thomas Campbell: The world was...

The world was sad, the garden was a wild,
And man the hermit sigh'd--till woman...

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Louis Aragon: Error is certainty's...

Louis Aragon: Error is certainty's...

Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally...

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Basil Bunting: I hate Science....

Basil Bunting: I hate Science....

I hate Science. It denies a man's responsibility for his own deeds, abolishes the brotherhood that springs from God's...

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Caius Valerius Catullus: Oh, this age!...

Caius Valerius Catullus: Oh, this age!...

Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill-bred it is!

Source: From Rand Lindsly's HUGE...

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Philip James Bailey: Art is man's...

Philip James Bailey: Art is man's...

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Arthur Hugh Clough: If hopes were...

Arthur Hugh Clough: If hopes were...

If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars.

Source: Say Not the Struggle Nought...

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Tobias Smollett: Some folk are...

Tobias Smollett: Some folk are...

Some folk are wise, and some are otherwise.

Source: Roderick Random, Ch. 6.
--...

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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: Boldness can mask...

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: Boldness can mask...

Boldness can mask great fear.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Theodore Roethke: In a dark...

Theodore Roethke: In a dark...

In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

Source: In a Dark Time
-- Theodore...

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Jenny Joseph: I shall sit...

Jenny Joseph: I shall sit...

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my...

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Paul Newman: Show me a...

Paul Newman: Show me a...

Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.

Source: In Observer (London), 2...

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Sylvester Stallone: I'm not handsome...

Sylvester Stallone: I'm not handsome...

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice...

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Humphrey Bogart: I came out...

Humphrey Bogart: I came out...

I came out here with one suit and everybody said I looked like a bum. Twenty years later Marlon Brando came out with...

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