What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens. – Benjamin Disraeli Category: Expectation
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818 Category: Attitude
I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. – Diane Wakoski Category: Poetry
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men. – Cicero Category: Medical
