The traveller knows not who may be concealed by the innumerable trunks and the thick boughs overhead; so that with lonely footsteps… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Alas, we are the victims of advertisement. Those who taste the joys and sorrows of fame when they have passed forty, know… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and… — Evelyn Beatrice Hall Copy Share Image
On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first… — Adelbert von Chamisso Copy Share Image
In vain are Schools, Academies, and Universities instituted, if loose Principles and licentious habits are impressed upon Children in their earliest years… — John Adams Copy Share Image
But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the… — Socrates Copy Share Image
[The cause of inaction in war] ... is the imperfection of human perception and judgment which is more pronounced in war than… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
A great and frequent error in our judgment of human nature is to suppose that those sentiments and feelings have no existence,… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
Self-love is always the mainspring, more or less concealed, of our actions; it is the wind which swells the sails, without which… — Emilie du Chatelet Copy Share Image
Art can never match the luxury and superfluity of Nature. In the former all is seen; it cannot afford concealed wealth, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is forever England. There… — Rupert Brooke Copy Share Image
Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Knapsack of the Metaphysicians.- Those who boast so mightily of the scientificality of their metaphysics should receive no answer; it is enough… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
To resume, in a few words, the system of the Imperial government, as it was instituted by Augustus, and maintained by those… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
This is a photograph, so it is as you see: there are no lies and no deceptions. One can detect here, elevated… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
It seems to me, Monsieur, that there is nothing more galling in great physical misfortunes than to be compelled to make all… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
It is a fool only, and not the philosopher, nor even the prudent man, that will live as if there were no… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Simplicity lies concealed in this chaos, and it is only for us to discover it. — Augustin-Jean Fresnel Copy Share Image
Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
But Iran has gone far beyond what is necessary for a purely civilian programme. It has concealed several nuclear facilities from the… — Anders Fogh Rasmussen Copy Share Image
Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I would think that the drumstick is probably pretty good. Because you can put that anywhere. If you are a strong guy,… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
Great hatred can be concealed in the countenance, and much in a kiss. — Publilius Syrus Copy Share Image
In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image