John Masefield Quote

A virtuos woman is not moved by big names and flamboyance, but only men of profound wisdom and integrity move her.

The best place for discovering what a man is is the heart of the desert. Your plane has broken down, and you walk for hours, heading for the little fort at Nutchott. You wait for the mirages of thirst...

[Fitzgerald's] latter work represents essentially best qualities of chivalry and decency now too often lacking in the English themselves.

If you lose your integrity, you will also lose your identity, your sensitivity and your dignity. Integrity is honesty, modesty and security in all kinds of weather. It should be our priority!

The increasingly cynical court thought Arthur, hypocritical, as all decent men must be if you assume decency cannot exist.

I respect anyone who has to fight and howl for his decency.

Maybe I owe you something too, human, she said, drawing her pistol. Butler almost reacted, but decided to give Holly the benefit of the doubt. Captain Short plucked a gold coin from her belt, flicking...

Did freedom have to mean abolishing common decency?

In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public office...

Decency is such a rare thing in this world, and it can only be repaid with loyalty.