It is when Pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves. — William Bolitho Booty Copy Share Image
“To every sweetheart he (Casanova) gave himself exclusively; he had so many selves.” — William Bolitho Casanova Copy Share Image
“It is when the pirates count their booty, that they become mere thieves.” — William Bolitho Pirates 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
“People who are not enjoying themselves very much always most dislike risking their lives.” — William Bolitho Dislike Copy Share Image
The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin. — William Bolitho Bottles 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
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
“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
“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 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
“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
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
“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
“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
“In its greatest moments, memory seems to desert human beings ; only tiny ordinary events leave clear detailed trace. Probably none at… — William Bolitho Charles-xii 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 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
“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
“Napoleon taught the world, or perhaps only satisfied a latent longing and gave it shape and hope, to want to be rewarded,… — William Bolitho Hope 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
“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
You need more fact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action. — William Bolitho Action Copy Share Image
Adventure is the vitaminizing element in histories both individual and social — William Bolitho Adventure Copy Share Image
“He fought with Augustus and Peter, not with Russia or Poland. He aimed at full apologies, not conquests.” — William Bolitho Charles-xii Copy Share Image
“But the better the training, the greater and more detailed the preparation, the more men are at the mercy of the impossible.” — William Bolitho Compassion Copy Share Image
“In short, she (Seraphina) had luck and judgment, but no morals.” — William Bolitho Character Copy Share Image
“Where he (Alexander) came the inhabitants either accepted him with roses and wine, or fought and were beaten. He preferred the latter.” — William Bolitho Alexander Copy Share Image
“Gendemen, I have resolved never to make an unjust war, but to end a just one only with the utter ruin of… — William Bolitho Charles-xii Copy Share Image
“But not of course in the same condition as heretofore. There is a miraculous bonus in the hunt for the miraculous, as… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope… — William Bolitho Adventure Copy Share Image
The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your successes-any fool can do that. The really important thing is… — William Bolitho Can do Copy Share Image
“Here, in Egypt, the morning of Alexander’s adventure ends. Henceforth he is divided; Alexandria is his first possession and he is no… — William Bolitho Adventure Copy Share Image
