The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself. ~Henry Miller, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, 1945
Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1834
Seagulls... slim yachts of the element. ~Robinson Jeffers
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porch light on? ~Tom Waits, "Mr Siegal," Heartattack and Vine (Thanks, Paula) How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porch light on? ~Tom Waits, "Mr Siegal," Heartattack and Vine
Adultery is the application of democracy to love. ~Henry Louis Mencken, "Sententiae," A Book of Burlesques, 1920
Men are no more immune from emotions than women; we think women are more emotional because the culture lets them give free vent to certain feelings, "feminine" ones, that is, no anger please, but it's okay to turn on the waterworks. ~Una Stannard
An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts. ~Juvenal, Satires
The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history - its mass appeal. ~Jose Ortega y Gasset, Historical Reason
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. ~Robert Schuller
In him was vindicated the greatness of real goodness and the goodness of real greatness. ~Phillips Brooks
The populist authoritarianism that is the downside of political correctness means that anyone, sometimes it seems like everyone, can proclaim their grief and have it acknowledged. The victim culture, every sufferer grasping for their own Holocaust, ensures that anyone who feels offended can call for moderation, for dilution, and in the end, as is all too often the case, for censorship. And censorship, that by-product of fear - stemming as it does not from some positive agenda, but from the desire to escape our own terrors and superstitions by imposing them on others - must surely be resisted. ~Jonathon Green, "Did You Say 'Offensive?'," as posted on wordwizard.com The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for. ~Jane Austen
Loving is never a waste of time. ~Astrid Alauda
I think housework is the reason most women go to the office. ~Heloise Cruse
The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. ~Muhammad Ali
Hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. ~Mortimer Collins
Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. ~Epictetus
A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
Heaven is under our feet, as well as over our heads. ~Henry David Thoreau
Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him? ~Pierre Troubetzkoy
The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., "Over the Teacups," 1891
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination. ~Christian Nevell Bovee
God has entrusted me with myself. ~Epictetus
My favorite thing in the world is a box of fine European chocolates which is, for sure, better than sex. ~Alicia Silverstone
There isn't a child who hasn't gone out into the brave new world who eventually doesn't return to the old homestead carrying a bundle of dirty clothes. ~Art Buchwald
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