We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
From those pedestals which intersperse the railing of the Sheldonian, the high grim busts of the Roman Emperors stared down at the fair stranger in the equipage. Zuleika returned their stare with but...
To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.
Some people are born to lift heavy weights some are born to juggle golden balls.
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.
People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.
The past is a work of art free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.
I utilise all my spare moments. I've read twenty-seven of the Hundred Best Books. I collect ferns.
There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.
A crowd, proportionately to its size, magnifies all that in its units pertains to the emotions, and diminishes all that in them pertains to thought.
You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men. For the attractive woman, dogs are mere dumb and restless brutes—possibly dangerous, ce...
She did not look like an orphan, said the wife of the Oriel don, subsequently, on the way home. The criticism was a just one. ... Tall and lissom, she was sheathed from the bosom downwards in flamingo...
To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.