Sophistry, like poison, is at once detected and nauseated, when presented to us in a concentrated form; but a fallacy which, when… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: "Try to bear lightly what needs must be."… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Printer's ink, when it spells out a doctor's promise to cure, is one of the subtlest and most dangerous of poisons. — Samuel Hopkins Adams Copy Share Image
Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them. — Moliere Copy Share Image
The same thing can be both good and bad. Whenever you speak of good, bad is also present. The world is a… — Swami Satchidananda Copy Share Image
“I went back to the bench and lit a cigarette and inhaled, the smoke entering my body and filling it with poison,… — Taffy Brodesser-Akner Copy Share Image
“They are trying to take you back from me now, and they will—but only for a brief, little while—” — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
As every cockroach knows, thriving on poisons is the secret of success. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
O, Winter! Put away thy snowy pride; O, Spring! Neglect the cowslip and the bell; O, Summer! Throw thy pears and plums… — Thomas Chatterton Copy Share Image
The GOP establishment, in particular, is facing a pick-your-poison kind of decision. Many establishment Republicans dislike [Ted] Cruz personally. He has no… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Actually, television tells you to take dope. It tells you to destroy the human race really, by first having more consumers and… — James Purdy Copy Share Image
Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In 1975 a Senate committee headed by Frank Church found that the [Central Intelligence] Agency had planned a number of assassination operations,… — Jim Garrison Copy Share Image
Wine makes all things possible. GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, The Mystery Knight A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Thematically, we're both [with Kristin Hannah ] interested in women's experiences and women's stories, and until now, you've mostly dealt with how… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Hate and fear breed a poison in the blood, which if continued, affects eyes, ears, nose and the organs of digestion. Therefore,… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
Most of the Women's Libbers I knew really didn't want to have a piece of the men's pie. They thought that pie… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! — Danny Kaye Copy Share Image
“But she’s a nice lass.” “Addolgar, she poisoned you.” “But she didn’t kill me. That’s what’s important.” — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was. — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family,and note the absorption of the person by… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image