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To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.
I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.
Reject hatred without hating.
Reject hatred without hating.
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does read more
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a read more
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.
Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that read more
Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.
People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a read more
People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
