Not every work of art is or need be a heavily profound statement.
He despises what he sought; and he seeks that which he lately threw away. [Lat. , Quod petit spernit, repetit quod nuper omisit. ]
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
Never despair. [Nil desperandum. ]
You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care, nor your nights without a want and a grief, but rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound.
The Christian religion is so manifestly contrary to the facts, belief in it can only be held with the most delusional gerrymandering imaginable.
The completion of a rigorous course in mathematics - it is not even necessary that the student does well in such a course - appears to be an excellent means of sharpening the mind and developing mental skills that are of general benefit.
His gift is slower than Jane's. It creeps. It will touch us in a few seconds.