Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable.
—Patricia Highsmith, 1960
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Real friends offer both hard truths and soft landings.
—Anna Quindlen, 2012There are some who, if a cat accidentally comes into the room, though they neither see it nor are told of it, will presently be in a sweat and ready to die away.
—Increase Mather, 1684Man and animals are really the conduit of food, the sepulcher of animals, and resting place of the dead, one causing the death of the other, making themselves the covering for the corruption of other dead bodies.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1896The king times are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, and tears like mist; but the peoples will conquer in the end.
—Lord Byron, 1821Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but most important, it finds homes for us everywhere.
—Hazel Rochman, 1995My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.
—Allen Ginsberg, 1981You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she’ll be constantly running back.
—Horace, 20 BCA self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.
—Christina Stead, 1938One should always have one’s boots on and be ready to leave.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580Life isn’t all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman’s education.
—Thomas Hughes, 1857If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
—Mark Twain, 1894