Jul 20, 2010
Quotes by The Bible
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Death flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour. Be not slow to visit the sick. Health and good estate of body are above all gold. Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him. The Most High hath created medicines out of the ... Read More
Jun 21, 2010
Quotes by Jane Austen
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love to matrimony in a moment. Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. What is the difference in matrimonial affairs between the mercenary and the prudent motive? Lord, how ashamed I should be of not beings married before three and twenty! A ... Read More
Jun 15, 2010
Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
"King: a male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head", although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of."
Quotes by Edmund Clerihew Bentley
"George the Third. Ought never to have occurred . One can only wonder. At so grotesque a blunder."
Quotes by Sir Cecil Beaton
"On coronation day the Queen looked extremely minute under her robes and crown, her nose and hands chilled, her eyes tired. "yes, in reply to my ... Read More
Jun 12, 2010
Quotes by James Cameron
"The press can only be a mirror - albeit a distorting mirror, according to its politics or the smallness of its purpose - but it rarely lies because it dare not".
Quotes by The Bible
"As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country".
Quotes by Arnold Bennett
"Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true".
Quotes by Cristobal Balenciaga
"If you ... Read More
May 15, 2010
Quotes by The Bible
"Who is this that darkeneth councel by words without knowledge? The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. More smooth than butter were his words, while in his speech was war; His speeches were more soft than oil, and yet drawn swords they are".
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May 12, 2010
Quotes by Honore de Balzac
"So long as there are differences between one moment of pleasure and another a man can go on being happy with the same woman".
Quotes by Jane Austen
"Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common. Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!"
Quotes by St Augustine of Hippo
"Here we are called happy when we have peace, such little peace as can be had in a good life; but that happiness, ... Read More
Apr 18, 2010
Quotes by Sir John Betjeman
"Phone for the fish-knives, Norman, As Cook is a little unnerved; You kiddies have crumpled the servietttes, And I must have things daintily served".
Quotes by Thomas Becon
"For when the wine is in, the wit is out".
Quotes by Pierre-Augustin
"Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love all year round, madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals".
Quotes by James Beard
"A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch".
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