Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. Discuss Beatrix Potter
Daniel Defoe
A rich man is an honest man—no thanks to him; for he would be a double knave to cheat mankind when he had no need of it. Discuss Daniel Defoe
Mark Twain
Faith is believing what you know ain’t so. Discuss Mark Twain
Mary Shelley
Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people! Discuss Mary Shelley
E. M. Forster
There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshiper may one day be required to suffer. Discuss E. M. Forster
Alexander Hamilton
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things. Discuss Alexander Hamilton
Henry Fielding
I never reasoned on what I should do, but what I had done; as if my Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards. Discuss Henry Fielding
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure—that is the choicest of all. Discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne
Poem of the day – Tears by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
THANK God, bless God, all ye who suffer notMore grief than ye can weep for. That is well–That is light grieving ! lighter, none befellSince Adam forfeited the primal lot.Tears ! what are tears ? The babe weeps in its cot,The mother singing, at her marriage-bellThe bride weeps, and before the oracleOf high-faned hills the … Continued
P. G. Wodehouse
He would always feel for her that impersonal admiration which is inspired by anything very large, like the Empire State Building or the Grand Canyon of Arizona. Discuss P. G. Wodehouse