Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.

The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors.

The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors

An angel with a trumpet said, "Forever more, forever more, The reign of violence is o'er!"

Великое дело, если человек решил что-нибудь для себя! Решил - и ни в какую, хоть лопни, не переменит своего решения. А если переменит, грош ему цена.

How simple it could be! The answer to the problem of being anything was being it. How admirable Teddy was! From the ashes of his broken childhood he had formed a decision to be a cheerful person, a do-gooding scientific type with knowledge of English literature. That he had undercurrents of sadness as long and deep as a river was not the point. He had claimed a territory for himself and did not think too much about the complications.