The mere brute pleasure of reading — the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. – Lord Chesterfield Category: Books
There are books from which one inhales an exquisite air. – Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), translated from French by George H. Calvert, 1 Category: Books
The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. – George Bidault Category: Weakness
It was a late-October Sunday, the leaves tinged with brown, and the air crisp in a way that made you shiver if you stood still too long. – Joe Kita, “Growing Old and Staying Young,” Wisdom of Our Fathers, 1999 Category: Autumn
When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin. – Winston Churchill Category: War
