The greater the truth the greater the libel. -Lord Ellenborough
The greater the truth the greater the libel. -Lord Ellenborough
Category: Quotes of the day
"If I’m not back in five minutes… just wait longer!" – Jim Carrey
“If I’m not back in five minutes… just wait longer!” – Jim Carrey
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. -St. Thomas Aquinas
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. -St. Thomas Aquinas
The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow. -H.G. Wells
The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow. -H.G. Wells
Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors. -Konstantin Stanislavisky
Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors. -Konstantin Stanislavisky
Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure. -Jane Austen
Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure. -Jane Austen
Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners. -Eric Hoffer
Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners. -Eric Hoffer
Brooke Shields
What does good in bed mean to me? When I’m sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV …
dance-and-dancing
I am not the first straight dancer or the last. – Mikhail Baryshnikov
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. -Lauren Bacall
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. -Lauren Bacall
Man makes holy what he believes. -Ernest Renan
Man makes holy what he believes. -Ernest Renan
Only children know what they are looking for. -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Only children know what they are looking for. -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Time is the only critic without ambition. -John Steinbeck
Time is the only critic without ambition. -John Steinbeck
When placed in command — take charge. -Norman Schwarzkopf
When placed in command — take charge. -Norman Schwarzkopf
They make much of our drinking, but never think of our thirst. -L. Schefer
They make much of our drinking, but never think of our thirst. -L. Schefer
Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top. -Italo Calvino
Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top. -Italo Calvino
The price of wisdom is eternal thought. -Frank Birch
The price of wisdom is eternal thought. -Frank Birch
John Boyle O’Reilly
You gave me the key of your heart, my love; then why did you make me knock? Oh that was yesterday, saints above! And last …
Matthew Perry
That she’s the worst driver in the history of drivers. If I know she’s going somewhere, I stay home. Matthew Perry quotes
Thomas Bowdler
Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family. Thomas Bowdler quotes
Richard Francis Burton
Like the Italian, the Anglo-Catholic, and the Greek fasts, the chief effect of the “blessed month” upon True Believers is to darken their tempers into …
Books succeed, and lives fail. -Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Books succeed, and lives fail. -Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Loneliness breaks the spirit. -Jewish Proverb
Loneliness breaks the spirit. -Jewish Proverb
Far more numerous are those as such; who think too little and talk too much. -John Dryden
Far more numerous are those as such; who think too little and talk too much. -John Dryden
It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are. -Jean Baudrillard
It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are. -Jean Baudrillard
We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect. -John Kenneth Galbraith
We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect. -John Kenneth Galbraith
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion. -Ernest Dowson
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion. -Ernest Dowson
Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences. -Gore Vidal
Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences. -Gore Vidal
Charles Eliot Norton
The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and …
David Livingstone
All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book. David Livingstone quotes
Alexander Maclaren
We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the …
Elisabeth Shue
I may be the girl next door, but you wouldn’t want to live next to me. Elisabeth Shue quotes
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? -Charlie McCarthy
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? -Charlie McCarthy
Reason also is choice. -John Milton
Reason also is choice. -John Milton
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. -Seneca
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. -Seneca
A man’s wife has more power over him than the state has. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man’s wife has more power over him than the state has. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
ends-and-means
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. – Georges Bernanos
Grace is savage and must be savage in order to be perfect. -Charles A. Stoddard
Grace is savage and must be savage in order to be perfect. -Charles A. Stoddard
Terry Hands
“We may pretend that we’re basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.” Terry Hands quotes
It’s no rest to be idle. -Paul Peel
It’s no rest to be idle. -Paul Peel