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Eva Peron: Charity separates the...

Eva Peron: Charity separates the...

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: The biggest problem...

Martha Wright Griffiths: The biggest problem...

The biggest problem in politics is that you help some S.O.B. get what he wants and then he throws you out of the...

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Christina of Sweden: Dignity is like...

Christina of Sweden: Dignity is like...

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Source:...

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Margot Asquith: The capacity to...

Margot Asquith: The capacity to...

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

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Margot Asquith: His modesty amounts...

Margot Asquith: His modesty amounts...

His modesty amounts to deformity.

Source: Referring to her husband. As I...

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Erica Jong: Surviving meant being...

Erica Jong: Surviving meant being...

Surviving meant being born over and over.

Source:
-- Erica Jong, (Mar 26...

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Vicki Baum: The deadliest feeling...

Vicki Baum: The deadliest feeling...

The deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman is pity.

Source: In The...

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Kate Chopin: And moreover, to...

Kate Chopin: And moreover, to...

And moreover, to succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul . . . the brave soul. The soul that dares and...

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Diane Trilling: Unrecognized alcoholism is...

Diane Trilling: Unrecognized alcoholism is...

Unrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals.

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Helen Keller: Avoiding danger is...

Helen Keller: Avoiding danger is...

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or...

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Dorothy Parker: This living, this...

Dorothy Parker: This living, this...

This living, this living, this living
Was never a project of mine.


Source:...

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Dorothy Parker: There was nothing...

Dorothy Parker: There was nothing...

There was nothing separate about her days,
Like drops upon a window-pane, they ran
together and trickled away. ....

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Dorothy Parker: Every love is...

Dorothy Parker: Every love is...

Every love is the love before
In a duller dress.


Source: Death and Taxes.
--...

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth: My father always...

Alice Roosevelt Longworth: My father always...

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every...

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Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Be humble, if...

Helena Petrova Blavatsky: Be humble, if...

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast...

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Florence Nightingale: Were there none...

Florence Nightingale: Were there none...

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything...

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Anne Frank: Everyone has inside...

Anne Frank: Everyone has inside...

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much...

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Erma Bombeck: Dreams have only...

Erma Bombeck: Dreams have only...

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.

Source: In...

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Barbara Walters: [Being a parent]...

Barbara Walters: [Being a parent]...

[Being a parent] is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a...

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Liz Smith: To deny we...

Liz Smith: To deny we...

To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.

Source: In...

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