The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul. ~William B. Yeats
Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist. ~Thomas Carlyle, Sir Walter Scott, in London and Westminster Review, 12 November 1838
Lord! when you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book. ~Christopher Morley
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! ~John Muir
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By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ~Benjamin Franklin (Thank you, Kyle.)
There is always a sneer in Las Vegas. The mountains around it sneer. The desert sneers. And arrogant in the middle of its wide valley, dominating those diligent sprawling suburbs, the downtown city sneers like anything. ~Jan Morris
Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing? ~Martin Marty
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ~Henry David Thoreau
The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. ~Dodie Smith
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Quotations for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Quotations will tell the full measure of meaning, if you have enough of them. ~James Murray
History is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position. ~Allan Nevins, The Gateway to History
It takes a long time to grow an old friend. ~John Leonard
There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. ~William P. Merrill
Happiness is sharing a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry with a shade tree. He doesn't eat much and doesn't read much, but listens well and is a most gracious host. ~Astrid Alauda
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad. ~Bob Edwards
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. ~William Faulkner
The neurotic runs ragged even sitting still. ~Terri Guillemets
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ~Voltaire
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other. ~Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, 1823
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. ~Gerald Brenan
The test of democracy is freedom of criticism. ~David Ben-Gurion
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