The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their…

The time that one gains cannot be accumulated in a storehouse; it is contradictory to want to save up existence, which, the fact is,…

— Simone de Beauvoir

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In my former life I was in insider, as much as anybody else. And I knew what it's like, and I still know what…

— Donald Trump

A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen…

— Archibald Cox

UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after…

— Kofi Annan

Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With…

— John Dryden

We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten…

— Rumi

The average American expends more time becoming informed about choosing a car than choosing a candidate. But, then, the consequences of the former choice…

— George Will

Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor…

— Brennan Manning

Whether Theresa May had stabbed has stabbed the former Mayor of London in the back and Michael Gove had stabbed him in the front.…

— Nigel Evans

You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy, but to…

— Edward Snowden

You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend.

— Paul Theroux

Do, and have done. The former is far the easiest.

— Augustus William Hare

Time is a vindictive bandit to steal the beauty of our former selves. We are left with sagging, rippled flesh and burning gums with…

— Raphael

There are certainly people who regard √2 as something perfectly obvious but jib at √-1. This is because they think they can visualise the…

— Edward Charles Titchmarsh