He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. – Aesop Category: Argument & Debate
As debate is rare in the House of Representatives, since nearly all real business is done in the committees, it is very natural that such debate as there is should be very oratorical, should be – D. W. Brogan Category: Argument & Debate
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time. – Napoleon Bonaparte Category: Argument & Debate
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. – Ambrose Bierce Category: power
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. – Joseph Brodsky Category: Books
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music. – Marcel Marceau Category: Music
