Oct 22, 2010
Quotes by Winston Churchill
"Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. [On political skill] The ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why ... Read More
Jun 8, 2010
Quotes by Christopher Fry
"We don't want to put ourselves wrong, With anything as positive as evil".
Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
"In front of these sinister facts, the first lesson in history is the good of evil. Good is a good doctor, but Bad is sometimes a better".
Quotes by Henry Havelock Ellis
"What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command".
Quotes by Thomas Stearns Elliot
"For every life and every act, Consequence of good and evil can be shown and as in ... Read More
May 28, 2010
Quotes by Charles Dickens
"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature".
Quotes by Destouches
"Those not present are always wrong".
Quotes by Rene Descartes
"Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it, that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of ... Read More
Apr 6, 2010
Quotes by Gilbert Keith
"Charity is the power of defending that which we know to be indefensible".
Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
"Diligence is the mother of good fortune; and the goal of a good intention was never reached through its opposite, laziness".
Quotes by Joyce Lunel Cary
"Sara could commit adultery at one end and weep for her sins at the other, and enjoy both operations at once".
Quotes by Jimmy Carter
"I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many ... Read More
Jan 21, 2010
Quotes by Rene Descartes
"Travelling is almost like talking with men of other centuries".
Quotes by Don DeLillo
"Tourism is the march of stupidity".
Quotes by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"From whatever place I write you will expect that part of my "Travels" will consist of excursions in my own mind. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan, A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river ran, Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea".
Quotes by Charles II
"Brother, I am too old to go again to my ... Read More