Lytton Strachey, in Michael Holroyd Lytton, Strachey vol. 1 (1967) Quote #8278 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Discretion is not the better part of biography.
Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera (1928), Act I Scene 3 Quote #7841 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run...
Thomas Troward Quote #7 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Creative power, is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which...
Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Quote #11951 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not...
(Anon.) Quote #19178 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
W. J. Cameron Quote #26258 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 The last dejected effort often becomes the winning stroke.
Diane Ravitch Quote #4042 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 The person who knows “how” will always have a job. The person who knows...
John Ruskin Quote #31376 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only...
G. M. Trevelyan Quote #10921 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the...
King Farouk of Egypt Quote #34176 Author admin Date October 28, 2013 The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left–the...