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William Safire
“Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don’t know and I don’t care.”
Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven’t been cut off. -E. M. Cioran
Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven’t been cut off. -E. M. Cioran
"You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." – Lauren Bacall
“You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.” – Lauren …
Kronenberger, Louis
The trouble with us in America isn’t that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that …
Men at sometime are the masters of their fate. -William Shakespeare
Men at sometime are the masters of their fate. -William Shakespeare
The beaten path is the safest, but the traffics terrible. -Taylor, Jeff
The beaten path is the safest, but the traffics terrible. -Taylor, Jeff
"It’s so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right." – George Bernard Shaw
“It’s so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.” – George Bernard …
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity to be otherwise" – Maya Angelou
“Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity to be otherwise” – Maya Angelou
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact. -Bertrand Russell
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact. -Bertrand Russell
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. -Joseph Joubert
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. -Joseph Joubert