Hold you there, neither a strange hand nor my own, neither heavy nor light shall touch my bum. – Miguel de Cervantes Category: Punishment
Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. – Edward F. Halifax Category: Punishment
Well, theres no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth. – Lady Gregory Category: Punishment
They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice. – Donald OConnor Category: Courage
I cant see whats wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and whats bad news about being rewarded for assuming that. – Steven Moffat Category: Intelligence
As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained. – Arthur Cayley Category: Beauty
He who is not tempted, what does he know? And he who is not tried, what are the things he knows? Ecclesiasticus – Bible Category: Temptation
