Nov 9, 2010
Quotes by Dante
"Che', seggendo in piuma, In fama non si vien, ne' sotto coltre. (For fame is not won by lying on a feather bed nor under a canopy.)"
Quotes by Sir Noel Coward
"Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington".
Quotes by Stephen Grover Cleveland
"They love him most for the enemies ha has made".
Quotes by Sir Winston Churchill
"[On Lord Charles Beresford] He is one of those orators, of whom it was well said, "Before they get up they do not know ... Read More
Sep 21, 2010
Quotes by Edmund Burke
"Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity".
Quotes by Robert Browning
"All we have gained then by our unbelief, Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified by doubt: We called the chess board white - we call it black. If once we choose belief, on all accounts, We can't be too decisive in our faith. ... Read More
Jun 22, 2010
Quotes by Edmund Burke
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing".
Quotes by Art Buchwald
"People are broad-minded. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope friend, a wife beater and even a newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive, there's something wrong with him".
Quotes by Georg Buchner
"Every man's chasm. ... 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
Mar 23, 2010
Quotes by Robert Burns
"I was na fou, but just had plenty. There's some are fou o' love divine, There's some are fou o' brandy; An monie jobs that day begin, May end in houghmagandie, Some ither day. The halesome parritch, chief of Scotia's food. Freedom and whisky gang the gither! Great chieftain o' the pudding-race. Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go. A service to my bonnie ... Read More
Feb 3, 2010
Quotes by Samuel Butler
"God is Love, I dare say. But what a mischievous devil Love is. To live is like love, all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it. 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all".
Quotes by Robert Burns
"My love she's but a lassie yet. What can a young lassie do wi" an auld man? Ae fond kiss and then we sever. But to see her was to love her, Love but ... Read More
Jan 30, 2010
Quotes by John Caldwell Calhoun
"The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party".
Quotes by Byron Lord George Gordon
"When a proposal is made to emancipate or relieve, you hesitate, you deliberate for years, you temporize and tamper with the minds of men; but a death-bill must be passed off-hand, without a thought of the consequences. The impression of Parliament upon ... Read More