There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. James Branch Cabell US essayist & novelist (1879 - 1958) Good taste is the worst vice ever invented. Edith Sitwell English biographer, critic, novelist, & poet (1887 - 1964) Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. A. J. Liebling (1904 - 1963) The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard French novelist (1844 - 1924) People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them. Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard French novelist (1844 - 1924) Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard French novelist (1844 - 1924) There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. Charles Baudelaire, Mon Coeur Mis a Nu, XXII French poet (1821 - 1867) Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent. Frantz Fanon Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy. Nora Ephron What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books. Thomas Carlyle Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 - 1881) |