“To a Bonaparte it represents what Jacob Astor meant when he said, “The first hundred thousand dollars are the most difficult.” It… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“All these outposts were broken in,and that which in other histories would have counted as three victories did not delay the progress… — William Bolitho Charles-xii Copy Share Image
The profession of magician, isone of the most perilous and arduous specialisations of the imagination. On the one handthere is the hostility… — William Bolitho Career Copy Share Image
We will never have Fascism in England; no Englishman will dress up, not even for a revolution. — William Bolitho Dresses Copy Share Image
The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin. — William Bolitho Bottles Copy Share Image
A very beautiful woman hardly ever leaves a clear-cut impression of features and shape in the memory: usually there remains only an… — William Bolitho Auras Copy Share Image
General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming. — William Bolitho Charm Copy Share Image
“The adventurer, by minimum definition, is an individualist. The life of adventure is an unsocial game; therefore in direct contrast with the… — William Bolitho Adventure Copy Share Image
“Like most people of his temperament, though sociable, he (Napolean) disliked company in which he would have to appear merely as one… — William Bolitho Business Copy Share Image
The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is… — William Bolitho Crafts Copy Share Image
“Napoleon fell into the situation that is the misery of many men of action, and lost the power of enjoying things directly,… — William Bolitho Food Copy Share Image
It is when Pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves. — William Bolitho Booty Copy Share Image
“In politics, where everything romantic and sentimental is folly, the converse is usually considered true, and every brutality is thought sound sense” — William Bolitho Politics Copy Share Image
“The historic moment is always simple and brief: it belongs to one man and one will alone, without possibility (if it be… — William Bolitho History Copy Share Image
The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by… — William Bolitho Life Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless this was the problem Casanova solved. His prime secret is in his own words. “ I have always believed that when… — William Bolitho Casanova Copy Share Image
“People who are not enjoying themselves very much always most dislike risking their lives.” — William Bolitho Joy Copy Share Image
“It is when the pirates count their booty, that they become mere thieves.” — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“They, whether steel kings or Bonapartes, cannot, after a certain age, endure solitude. For it is the solitude, even though strictly relative… — William Bolitho Solitude Copy Share Image
“To every sweetheart he (Casanova) gave himself exclusively; he had so many selves.” — William Bolitho Casanova Copy Share Image
“He had come to prospect the intentions of Charles towards the French and the Anglo-Austrian coalition, and even if Charles had thrown… — William Bolitho Ask questions Copy Share Image
“Such is the arithmetic of adventure, in which two and two no more make only four than that Euclid rules in the… — William Bolitho Adventure Copy Share Image
“He (Cicero) made Catiline and his conspiracy actually simple; the man himself had the courage to sit in front of him and… — William Bolitho Cicero Copy Share Image
