People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent (Both types are crawling around deep down in the rabbit's fur!)
Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.
New Orleans is not in the grip of a neurosis of a denied past; it passes out memories generously like a great lord; it doesn't have to pursue "the real thing.
...friends were more important than lovers - not least for the fact that friendships generally lasted longer than relationships.
One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.
Men brave and generous live the best lives, seldom will they sorrow; then there are fools, afraid of everything, who grumble instead of giving.
People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.
When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of earth.
Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is 'pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated' nearly everyday - a high compliment for any book.
people don't generally believe themselves to be evil. Just strong. And they think that the world owes them something
I want instant coffee at the snap of my fingers that gives me more energy than that generated by a million snaps.
Generally, competition is a good thing. But not when it’s between two nipples, specifically mine, over which one can suck the most.
As a general rule, you won't find the love of your life while you're on your knees under a table." -- Helios Dayspring
Once upon a time, there was a generation of parents who were certain that Elvis Presley's unashamed hip-swivellingvwas most certainly the end of society.
Whether or not it has fully dawned on society, the reality is that Gen Y will soon have to assume the responsibility for a world crafted by previous generations.
You of the North in general take love too soberly and seriously. You talk of duties where there should be only a question of pleasure.
I’ve found from my own experiences that the world generally gives you back what you believe about it, like a mirror reflecting our role in it.
Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.
Deep under our feet the Earth holds its molten breath, while the bones of countless generations watch us and wait.
Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action.
