Writing is turning one’s worst moments into money.
J.P.Donleavy: Irish-American novelist (1926 -
Thought of the day
That all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.
Samuel Johnson: English Lexicographer (1709 -1784)
My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.
William Jones: English Jurist (1746-1794)
Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage . . . .
Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1658)
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.
Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
Zsa Zsa Gabor (1919 - )
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say, ‘I want to see the manager.’
William s. Burroughs (1914-1997)
Nature is not a temple but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883)
Telling the truth loses you friends; not telling it gains you enemies.
Juan Ruiz (c.1290 - c.1350)
Never trust a husband too far, or a bachelor too near!
Helen Rowland : US journalist and humourist (1876-1950)
