A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure; she embarks her whole soul on the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked, her case is hopeless -- for it is a bankruptcy of the heart.
- Irving, Washington
- Irving, Washington
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
- Johnson, Samuel
- Johnson, Samuel
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
- Horace
- Horace
Man has will, but woman has her way.
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
- Mortimer, John
- Mortimer, John
How has the human spirit ever survived the terrific literature with which it has had to contend?
- Stevens, Wallace
- Stevens, Wallace
It's vital the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.
- Diana, Princess of Wales
- Diana, Princess of Wales
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
- Jane Austen
- Jane Austen
As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless.
- Rodney Yee
- Rodney Yee
Life is pain, anyone who says differently is selling something.
- William Goldman
- William Goldman
After several minutes of utterly dull conversation I began to think of her not as a woman but as a human, then not as a human but as an animal, then not as an animal but as a source of high-grade protein.
- Mark Gooley
- Mark Gooley
Immortality lies not in the things you leave behind, but in the people your life has touched.
The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice.
- Diderot, Denis
- Diderot, Denis
Whatever you undertake, act with prudence, and consider the consequences.
I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.
- Archer, Jeffrey
- Archer, Jeffrey
The resolved mind hath no cares.
- Herbert, George
- Herbert, George
You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
- Khayyam, Omar
- Khayyam, Omar
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
- Proverb
- Proverb
Things are so bad in Massachusetts now they don't even bother to plough Route 128 when it snows.
- Scott McNealy
- Scott McNealy
Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
- Martin Mull
- Martin Mull
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