Category: Quote of the Day

You, who are blessed with shade as well as light, you, who are gifted with two eyes, endowed with a knowledge of perspective, and charmed with the enjoyment of various colors, you, who can actually see…the Three Dimensions—how shall I make clear to you the extreme difficulty which we in Flatland experience in recognizing one another’s configuration? Discuss

Thank goodness…I was never sent to school…it would have rubbed off some of the originality. Discuss

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs. Discuss

Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend. Discuss

She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership). Discuss

It takes a long time to turn a big country around. Just be of good cheer and keep working on it. Discuss

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Discuss

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Discuss

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. Discuss

A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it. Discuss