“The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
“Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray.”
“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”
“The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,”
“Under capitalism, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.”
“Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.”
“Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”
“Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.”
“Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”
“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”
“There is a point at which a person won’t go any further, even with someone they love.”
“Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.”
“Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.”
“Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.”
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness.”
“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.”
“Language fits over experience like a straitjacket.”
“I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.”
“Which is better—to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
“The thing is—fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.”