Reese's Half-Hidden Quote Blog

I think a man spends his whole lifetime painting one picture or working on one piece of sculpture. The question of stopping is really a decision of moral considerations.

Hier stehe Ich und kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir.

Many had died. But not she, not he; not yet.

After all, nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentleman.

There are few things I enjoy so much as talking to people about books which I have read and they haven't.

The largest virtue is to pay attention.

Surtout, Messieurs, point de zèle.

Wherefor, these petals to the winds I fling 'vail they or fail they as the winds shall please.

I travel not go anywhere but to go.

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talents--which attitude has a great deal to support it.

Kiss me,/and catch your trolley, I've lectured long/enough

Can a sane man translate Euripides?

For in a real tragedy it is not the hero that perishes, it is the chorus.

A too great disproportion among the citizens weakens any state. Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labor, in a full possession of all the necessities, and many of the conveniences of life. No one can doubt but such an equality is most suitable to human nature.

If change is not necessary, it is necessary not to change.

To the unconscious level we constantly tend to revert, as we find consciousness an excessive burden; and the tendency toward reversion may explain the powerful attraction which totalitarian philosophy and practice can exert upon humanity.

I believe there is such a thing as being too reasonable. But when once the habit is formed, what is one to do?

Tout ce que est simple est faux. Tout ce que ne l'est pas est inutilisable.

Truth lies not at extremes but in the middle.

  Prove Hamlet wrong.