Reese's Half-Hidden Quote Blog

The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.

What is terrible when you seek the truth, is that you find it.

...man's tragic dependency on art...

I am myself plus my circumstances.

In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below, to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Tout vrai langage serait incomprehensible.

I live within my income, but surely you don't expect me to vacation there!

The main effort of arranging your life should be to progressively reduce the amount of time required to decently maintain yourself so that you can have all the time you want for reading.

[Of democracy] Un esprit Belge.

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

We think in generalities but we live in detail.

In the field of song I fear no one, and being the best is always pleasant.

Elle avait eu, comme un autre, son histoire d'amour. (She, like anyone else, had her love story.)

There isn't a single decent human being I know who is an economist.

What are words but words to use? 

Reason must rule. Nice idea but seldom works when emotions are involved.