There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.
The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.'
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
Literature is always personal, always one man's vision of the world, one man's experience, and it can only be popular when men are ready to welcome the visions of others.
I learned over the years never to correct a fool or he will hate you; correct a wise man, and he will appreciate you.
A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
I think that women are powerful and they're multifaceted and they're survivors; they don't have to depend on a man to do the things they needed them to do, whether it was hunting or lifting heavy things, so what's a man's place now? Who knows!
I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
It is only in alert silence that truth can be.
They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
It's amazing living alone. I'm very lucky. It's like a refuge.
we attract what is happening in our lives
There wasn't an anhydrous lacrimal gland in the room...
Ugliness sees ugliness; beauty sees beauty.
You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
Just live well. Just live
Better to live dreaming, than dream of living.
We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record.
Sometimes, language is the sound of longing
I'm living in the present. I have no ambition. It's true. But I want to live.
