If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows. РJean Baptiste Moli̬re, Le Misanthrope
Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington. – Dorothy Day
For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
When Im living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, its a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it! – Agnetha Faltskog
