Quote #4555
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
Quote #21051
Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.
Quote #15954
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in...
Quote #24358
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Quote #25053
In every age ‘the good old days’ were a myth. No one ever thought...
Quote #20504
‘We must do something’ is the unanimous refrain. ‘You begin’ is the deadening refrain.
Quote #10758
The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what...
Quote #17632
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
Quote #9905
I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read...
Quote #24159
No, this trick won’t work…How on earth are you ever going to explain in...