“Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.” Continue reading
Anonymous on Politics
George Orwell on Writing
“In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.” Continue reading
Ambrose Bierce on Absurdity
“Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.” Continue reading
George Burns on Politics
“Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.” Continue reading
Winston Churchill on Politics
“When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.” Continue reading
Francois De La Rochefoucauld on Faults
“We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.” Continue reading
Victor Hugo on Society
“There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.” Continue reading
George Bernard Shaw on Education
“A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.” Continue reading
Winston Churchill on Art
“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.” Continue reading
Plato on War
“Only the dead have seen the end of the war.” Continue reading
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