A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide. – Samuel Butler Category: Understanding
People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains. – G. K. Chesterton Category: Understanding
Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948. – Simon Raven Category: Attitude
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins–not through strength but by perseverance. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Category: Determination
Well, my wife and I were married in a toilet – it was a marriage of convenience! – Tommy Cooper Category: Marriage
A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents. – Richard Reeves Category: History
