I'm not absolutely certain of my facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare -- or, if not, it's some equally brainy lad -- who says that it's always just when a chappie is feeling particularly top-hole, and more than usually braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with a bit of lead piping.
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Related I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's alwa... P.G. WODEHOUSE The only writer who gives me unfeigned pleasure is P.G. Wodehouse. And even him I find a bit heavy. ... MARTIN AMIS There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and tha... OTTO VON BISMARCK There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and tha... OTTO VON BISMARCK You hand fits in mine like its made to be but bear this in mind it was meant to be and im joining up... ONE DIRECTION I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12. MALLORY ORTBERG It there any nation that acknowledges its errors and its sins and its crimes and the things it has d... BILL BENNETT A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is 'merely relative,' is asking you no... ROGER SCRUTON I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and '... BILL BRYSON It's more a feeling of ? not revenge or relief ? just an overall great feeling. He has a strong base... ANDREW POULSON No author's writing more influenced my own than that of Robert Louis Stevenson. My first steampu... JAMES BLAYLOCK I saw battles in their eyes long forgotten by many,and never known to some, and observed some of the... GERARD DONOVAN The beauty or ugliness of a character lay not only in its achievements, but in its aims and impulses... THOMAS HARDY It's not so much that there is an increase, but that more of its users are becoming adults rather th... ANN SMITH A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but r... MAXWELL PLANCK A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but r... MAX PLANCK The paradox of the English country house is that its state of permanent decline, the fact that its h... LEV GROSSMAN I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathe... KHALED HOSSEINI Clearly the will of the people is that the Legislature make as its 'paramount' duty -- its top prior... ANDY FORD Its not the load but the hole that sinks a cargo. KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, b... MAX PLANCK A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, ... MAX PLANCK A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, b... MAX PLANCK A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, b... MAX PLANCK There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiorit... RALPH WALDO EMERSON To have the comfort of sharing and laughing with genuine people who actually care is like taking a n... GARY F EVANS... Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment. It is a tiger that tears not only its prey but ... FRANCESCO NICHOLAS CECE A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, b... MAX PLANCK I am an American, not an Asian-American. My rejection of hyphenation has been called race treachery,... BHARATI MUKHERJEE Why is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called ... ELLEN DEGENERES The American, if he has a spark of national feeling, will be humiliated by the very prospect of a fo... MARY MCCARTHY I like how you don't hide your problems like everyone else, and I don't have to hide mine when I'm a... NED VIZZINI Whether or not an utterance can be called law depends on how it is heard, not on how it is meant. La... WILLIAM MCDAVID In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am a... HELEN PREJEAN When people put their ballots in the boxes, they are, by that act, inoculated against the feeling th... JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH If we really think about it, God exists for any single individual who puts his trust in Him, not for... SALVATORE SATTA I love to watch Droughns run. He sees the hole and goes through it so naturally. If you get him just... ROBERT NUNN In England and America, a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable th... REBECCA WEST In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable tha... REBECCA WEST Not how it is meant. Law is defined by its effect rather than its intention, and its chief affect hi... WILLIAM MCDAVID A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him FREDERICK DOUGLASS War has its necessities...and I have always understood that. Always known the cost. But, this day, b... STEVEN ERIKSON I would not be surprised if the regime felt its fate is uncertain, especially if the investigator co... YASSIN HAJ SALEH I don't think the study found anything particularly revealing. But I think it's always helpful to ha... JEFF KERN A certain critic -- for such men, I regret to say, do exist -- made the nasty remark about my last n... P.G. WODEHOUSE With a father who is a fabulous craftsman, I was raised with the fundamental belief that it is only ... JONATHAN IVE It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or... ROBERT STEVENSON It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or... ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A cube or sphere has the characteristics of its form or shape, that is why one calls it a sphere or ... LEVIAK B. KELLY I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own ... IAN ANDERSON Today the journey is ended,
I have worked out the mandates of fate;
Naked, along, undefended,
... WENONAH STEVENS ABBOTT There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its ... NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its ... NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,
or more uncertain in its ... EMILIE CADY There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its s... There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its s... NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI In life, Happiness is not about having 'more' , but knowing that its 'more' than enough. LESTER LIM JUN KAI If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism -- at le... LUDWIG FEUERBACH If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism — at l... LUDWIG FEUERBACH But nowadays my heart is empty and the boxwood has lost its magic scent; yes, absolutely and entirel... JULIAN GREEN I m a strong believer of fate. And I believe its not over. Anything is possible. JUSTIN LEONARD Our vision for the airport is that it will remain primarily a general aviation facility with some co... MARK MCFARLAND The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or milita... HERBERT READ A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up. NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU You don't have to be a chef or even a particularly good cook to experience proper kitchen alchem... ERIN MORGENSTERN You left and I cried tears of blood. My sorrow grows. Its not just that You left. But when You left ... RUMI When I see a wall that's hung with different objects, framed or unframed, what I like about it i... NATE BERKUS With increased surveillance its not unusual that you would pick up more cases. DR MARGARET CHAN My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns. And ... LALU PRASAD YADAV Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with... KURT VONNEGUT JR. An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and ... JOHAN HUIZINGA I have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead tr... WAYNE DYER A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about hi... FREDERICK DOUGLASS When Silence Speaks
One learns to appreciate
the beauty of life
When one sees beauty in all
the simp... MAICHEE SUMMER We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philoso... JOHN F. KENNEDY We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philoso... ALEXANDER POPE Speak not too well of one who scarce will knowHimself transfigured in its roseate glow;Say kindly of... OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A truly moral health care system should start out by covering all of its citizens with basic health ... RICHARD LAMM An application of judicial power that does not rest on facts is worse than mindless, it is inherentl... JED S. RAKOFF [The answer, usually, is no. Wisdom is a quality that defies easy definition but psychologists who s... JAMES PENNEBAKER I'm not trying to say that it never hurt or that I never felt its sting, but I can honestly say ... ROBERT GUILLAUME We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with i... ELIE WIESEL I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get peop... WAYNE MCGREGOR But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something,... GEORGE ELIOT But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something... GEORGE ELIOT But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something,... GEORGE ELIOT But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something,... GEORGE ELIOT But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something, ... GEORGE ELIOT If Delta's cash runs out, its fate is out of its hands. JACK GALLAGHER I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which... TERRY PRATCHETT One thing we have learned from doing these things is not to get too fancy with the channel designs. ... THOMAS ARDITO What is not yours always chirps for its master. SPANISH PROVERB We don't know what the damage is, per se. We don't know if its salvageable or not. But while the bui... DANNY WUERFFEL It is often that a cow does not take after its breed. IRISH PROVERB It's not my fault, its everyone else's......losers! JACKIE MCQUILLAN The society of merchants can be defined as a society in which things disappear in favor of signs. Wh... ALBERT CAMUS And their conviction is that if it is done with that kind of purity it will go somewhere. I believe ... DANIEL BERRIGAN Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business ... REZA ASLAN I imagine an America that can actually change. That we become a nation that prospers again but witho... RICHARD SCHIFF Each life is formed by its unique image, an image that is the essence of that life and calls it to a... JAMES HILLMAN
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