Josh Billings
View AuthorLife consists not in having good cards, but in playing well the ones you have.
Carlo Bini
View AuthorI admire that head which proudly carries its misfortune, like a king his crown.
Carlo Bini
View AuthorOnly pain is the eternal king of the earth, and luck strikes with the left and snatches with the right.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
View AuthorEternity is one of the rare virtues of literature.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
View AuthorThe memory that a book leaves behind is sometimes more important than the book itself.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
View AuthorI think that part of my love for life is due to my love for books.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
View AuthorLife is hard. To be at peace with oneself, one must tell the truth. To be at peace with others, one must lie.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
View AuthorThe world attributes its misfortunes to the conspiracies and machinations of great evildoers. I understand that stupidity is underestimated.
Norman Birkett
View AuthorI don't mind people looking at their watches when I'm talking, but it's excessive for them to also shake them to make sure they're working.
William Blake
View AuthorThe road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
William Blake
View AuthorThe bird has its nest, the spider its web, the man friendship.
William Blake
View AuthorThe one who feeds on repressed desires eventually rots.