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Erma Bombeck: You hear a...

Erma Bombeck: You hear a...

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big...

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Rita Mae Brown: Humor comes from...

Rita Mae Brown: Humor comes from...

Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.

Source:...

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George Eliot: In the schoolroom...

George Eliot: In the schoolroom...

In the schoolroom her quick mind had taken readily that strong starch of unexplained rules and disconnected facts...

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George Eliot: Hostesses who entertain...

George Eliot: Hostesses who entertain...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than...

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George Eliot: [T]here is one...

George Eliot: [T]here is one...

[T]here is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. . . . It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very...

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George Eliot: Play not with...

George Eliot: Play not with...

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers...

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George Eliot: Renunciation remains sorrow,...

George Eliot: Renunciation remains sorrow,...

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

Source: The Mill on...

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Jane Austen: It is a...

Jane Austen: It is a...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a...

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George Eliot: The presence of...

George Eliot: The presence of...

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to...

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George Eliot: There is only...

George Eliot: There is only...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one...

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Jane Austen: It was not...

Jane Austen: It was not...

It was not very wonderful that Catherine . . . should prefer cricket, base ball . . . to...

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Barbara Cartland: The right diet...

Barbara Cartland: The right diet...

The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.

Source: In...

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Gertrude Stein: Counting is the...

Gertrude Stein: Counting is the...

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: One would like...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: One would like...

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: [I]f it were...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: [I]f it were...

[I]f it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the teaching were...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Let this great...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Let this great...

Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide --
In part she is to blame that has been tried:
He comes too near that...

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P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for...

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P D James: We English are...

P D James: We English are...

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our...

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Emily Dickinson: How much can...

Emily Dickinson: How much can...

How much can come
And much can go,
And yet abide the world!


Source: There...

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Emily Dickinson: Nature, like us...

Emily Dickinson: Nature, like us...

Nature, like us is sometimes caught
Without her diadem.


Source: The Complete...

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