G. C. Lichtenberg Quote #20162 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our...
John le Carre, "The Chancellor Who Agreed To Play Spy, in The New York Times, May 8, 1974 Quote #11888 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether...
Edmond de Goncourt Quote #3901 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the...
John Singer Sargent, quoted in Bentley and Esar, Treasury of Humorous Quotations (1951) Quote #8309 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
Jean Sibelius Quote #34617 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Pay no attention to what the critics say… Remember, a statue has never been...
H. L. Mencken Quote #2853 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Alimony: the ransom the happy pay to the devil.
Baltasar Gracian Quote #7951 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.
Herman Hesse Quote #10197 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 If I know what love is, it is because of you.
Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville Quote #32141 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power...
Unknown Quote #32422 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Sometimes the biggest risk you can take is not taking a risk.