Gossip Quote by Paul Auster

“Men were notorious for their acts of disloyalty.”

— Margaret Way

“A lovely, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which forms a hero, sinks beneath a burden which it cannot…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I am for the most part so convinced that everything is lacking in basis, consequence, justification, that if someone dared to contradict me, even…

— Emil Cioran

“The prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to understand, and not merely to persuade other people that he…

— Adam Smith

“It is one of the most mysterious penalties of men that they should be forced to confide the most precious of their possessions to…

— Georges Bernanos

“Now, it is well known, that a man may with more impunity be guilty of an actual breach either of real good breeding or…

— Anonymous

“I don't believe in villains or heroes--only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain…

— Tennessee Williams

“Sometimes the greed and malice of what he sees appalls him so much he thinks he must’ve misunderstood; he looks again, and it’s worse…

— Sarah Perry

“What do you believe reveals more about a man’s character, his arrogance or his attempt to disguise it?”

— Aaron B. Powell

“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds; and until we know what has been or will be the peculiar combination…

— Marian Evans

“And then there's another snag you keep coming across: such decent and sensible people keep appearing in life, such wise men, and such lovers…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Who tarnishes, assaults, threatens, hates the spirit of man is guilty of crime.”

— Christina Stead