Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented. – André Gide Category: Compliments
There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Category: Compliments
A person given to barefaced flattery, will usually balance the account with interest in your absence. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers Category: Compliments
Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. – James Madison Category: power
What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps with it alone, she lives. – Ovid Category: alone
Would there be this eternal seeking if the found existed? – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Philosophical