In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is…

When man of slender visits you / Nothing on earth that one can do / In well he’ll hide, or watery hole / And…

— Jack Goldstein

One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the…

— Agatha Christie

There was only the broad square with the scattered dim moons of the street lamps and with the monumental stone arch which receded into…

— Erich Maria Remarque

It is perhaps my greatest hope, Mr. President, that some day we'll consider tax and spending measures with no one else in mind but…

— John McCain

Things aren't what they used to be' is the rallying cry of small minds. When men say things used to be better, they invariably…

— Joe Abercrombie

Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned the fat…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there has to…

— Thomas Sankara

Leisure without study is death, and the grave of a living man.

— Seneca the Younger

Do you believe in luck, Ludlow?" I had thought about this more than once in my life. "I believe some poeple are luckier than…

— Anonymous

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.

— Thomas Browne

That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!

— Neal Shusterman

I changed it. I had to. Do you know why?" She studied him, her eyes grave. "Because that was then and this is now.…

— Stephen King

The grave and the image are equally links with the irrecoverable and symbols for the unimaginable.

— Anonymous

You can run from the grave, but you can't hide.

— Jeaniene Frost

This strongly asserted but ill-defined license to kill without accountability is not an entitlement which the United States or other states can have without…

— Philip Alston