Edith Cavell, last words, before her execution by the Germans, 12 October 1915. Quote #3459 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness...
Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, April 3, 1887. Quote #978 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
P. J. O'Rourke Quote #19435 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what...
Virginia Quote #33194 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 It is just when opinions universally prevail and we have added lip service to...
Adlai Ewing Stevenson Quote #31883 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has...
William James Quote #18014 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that...
Benjamin Disraeli Quote #18921 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Lord Chesterfield, Letters to His Son, 1746, published 1774 Quote #1723 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and...
Victor Hugo Quote #17217 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Nothing else in the world…not all the armies…is so powerful as an idea whose...