In each generation the human mind in every man reverts to its starting-point; each new man is a primitive man. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847) Category: Humankind
We are each of us born into the arms of mortality, the Lord recognizing our need to be held. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Category: Humankind
Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts. – David Herbert Lawrence, White Peacock, 1911 Category: Humankind
It is the fancy of every mortal that being cradled in the arms of mortality is a safe place for the time being. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Category: Humankind
Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier. – Louise Bogan Category: Language
A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novels only morality. – Milan Kundera Category: Knowledge
I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion. – Stephen Rea Category: famous
My country, right or wrong is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying My mother, drunk or sober. – G. K. Chesterton Category: Patriotism
