His designs were strictly honorable, as the phrase is: that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. – Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, 1749 Category: Miscellaneous
An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were. – Henry S. Haskins Category: Miscellaneous
…for here there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life. – Rainer Maria Rilke, “Archaic Torso of Apollo,” about a sculpture, translated by Category: Miscellaneous
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. – Umberto Eco, Travels in Hyper Reality, 1986 Category: Miscellaneous
The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. – Irving R. Kaufman Category: History
The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again. – John Gray Category: Learning
