We are all potentially such sick men. The sanest and best of us are of one clay with lunatics and prison-inmates. And… — William James Copy Share Image
Alas, you don't need monsters for monstrous deeds to be accomplished. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Time, time - that is our greatest master! Alas, like Ugolino, time devours its own children. — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
Removing prejudices is, alas! too often removing the boundary of a delightful near prospect in order to let in a shockingly extensive… — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that… — Francis Pharcellus Church Copy Share Image
Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death. — Horace Copy Share Image
Sensible Catholics have for generations been ignoring the views on contraception held by reactionary old men in the Vatican, but alas, since… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half,… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
The dumpling is indeed of more ancient institution, and of foreign origin; but alas, what were those dumplings? Nothing but a few… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his reflective processes,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Alas, poor Yorick! How surprised he would be to see how his counterpart of today is whisked off to a funeral parlor… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
The life's story of great geniuses is a sad one, without much tangible reward, which does not inspire future generations to face… — Joseph Haydn Copy Share Image
Cell phones, alas, have pretty much ruined train travel, which I used to love. I could read or even sketch notes for… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
When I stand in a library where is all the recorded wit of the world, but none of the recording, a mere… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures,… — Richard Sharp Copy Share Image
The tears into his eyes were brought, And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear. — David Brin Copy Share Image
If you're remarkable, then it's likely that some people won't like you. That's part of the definition of remarkable. Nobody gets unanimous… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Will you not covet such power as this, and seek such throne as this, and be no more housewives, but queens? There… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Either it is true that a medicine works or it isn't. It cannot be false in the ordinary sense but true in… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I am not personally a parent. But I do have two godchildren and am expecting a third. I am naturally concerned for… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
