Time Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

“If I didn't find this man so vile, and this whole thing so questionable, I might believe him. His words make a certain kind…

— Karpov Kinrade

“Many a man has been ashamed of his wicked attempts, when he has been repulsed, that would never have been ashamed of them, had…

— Samuel Richardson

“another of their acquaintances finds himself mesmerised by the way that he 'always had something of ... rivetting stupidity to say on any subject'.”

— Craig Brown

“I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certain silly things cease to be silly if done by sensible people in…

— Jane Austen

“Man does not commit sin in unintentional deed, but he might be the only one that could justify it.”

— Toba Beta

“But I hope you will heed this: A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.”

— Khaled Hosseini

“The only chance of my doing something really violent in favour or truth or justice or what have you would lie in my going…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“A man of power and responsibility nevertheless needs somebody to tell him when he is being a bloody fool.”

— Terry Pratchett

“I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about nonsense, who did not believe it before the end of his enquiries.”

— David Hume

“Only a fool ignores a credible threat by a committed, strong enemy which swears to destroy his nation and which enemy swears that the…

— John Price

“No one is exempt from speaking nonsense. The great misfortune is to do it solemnly.”

— Michel de Montaigne

“He never once repeated himself and he never used either profanity or obscenity. (I learned later that he saved those for very special occasions,…

— Robert A. Heinlein