A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can’t sit on it. Dean William R. Inge

Quotes November 23, 2008

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can’t sit on it.
Revolutions and Revolutionaries
Quotations by Dean William R. Inge

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents. Georg C. Lichtenberg

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.CharacterQuotations by Georg C. Lichtenberg

Teach me to live that I may dread, the grave as little as my bed.Death and DyingQuotations by …

I dwell in Possibility.PossibilitiesQuotations by Emily Dickinson

She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.WeaknessQuotations by Oscar Wilde

Man’s course begins in a garden, but it ends in a city.Cities and City LifeQuotations by Alexander Maclaren

Happiness is an agreeable sensation, arising from contemplating the misery of others.HappinessQuotations by Ambrose Bierce

Risk is a part of God’s game, alike for men and nations.RiskQuotations by George E. Woodberry

Just because you can laugh doesn’t mean you can’t tell the truth. Truth is often the jester.TruthQuotations by …

Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission.DreamsQuotations by Neil Kendall

The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.Taxes and TaxationQuotations by Mackenzie King