Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions.
Civilization depends on continually making the effort, of never giving in. It needs to be cared for by men of goodwill, protected from the dark.
O zi fără înghețată era o zi pierdută.
He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve it.
O viață petrecută lucrând sub egida Ministerului Apărării îl învățase o sumedenie de tehnici de supraviețuire într-o lume care făcea ca lupta armată să pară civilizată și plină de stil.
Just because your choice is predetermined does not mean you do not have a free choice before you take it (516)
Atât timp cât un număr suficient de oameni cred că e autentic, chiar e.
Who you are is less important than what you seem.
The dance of capital, the harmony of a balance sheet, and the way these abstractions interact with people, their characters and desires, either as individuals or in a mass. Understand that one is the...
Like the aristocracy, you can tell a reporter’s status by his clothes and manners. The worse they are, the higher up they are,
And here was the moment. The end of it all, for civilization was merely another name for friendship, and friendship was coming to an end.
«How do we justify calling ourselves civilised, after all? Is it the books we read? The delicacy of our tastes? Our place in continuing a line of belief ando of common values which strech back a thous...
Lying, he said out loud, hoping no one would hear. I need to lie. Teach me, quickly.I wouldn't if I were you, came the response. For a start, it's a variable concept here. You are in a culture where a...
It is cruel that we are granted the desire to know, but denied the time to do it properly. We all die frustrated; it is the greatest lesson we have to learn.
They respect their betters, and fear those below them.
An in experienced traveler would imagine that their land contains the finest buildings, the biggest towns, the richest, best-fed, happiest people in the world.
Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was a...
It is a machine which I invented, designed and built. It is a way of gaining access to a variety of realities. As I say, at the moment it leads to a world created from Henry’s imagination.’ ‘Does he k...
I had never before spent a night with a woman, had someone lying by my side in the quietness of the dark, hearing her breath and feeling her warmth beside me.It is a sin, and it is a crime. I say it f...
I did very much hope that he wasn't frittering away his time on nonsense when he had a fantasy to dream about.