In the vestibule of the Manchester Town Hall are placed two life-sized marble statues facing each other. One of these is that of John Dalton ... the other that of James Prescott Joule. ... Thus the honour is done to Manchester's two greatest sons—t...
As I, my real self, grew older, I entered more and more into the substance of my dreams. One may dream, and even in the midst of the dream be aware that he is dreaming, and if the dream be bad, comfort himself with the thought that it is only a dream...
Dr. Frederick Treves: Am I a good man? Or a bad man?
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
Hang a German, even if he is a good man.
The open house makes a good man of the thief.
If a rich man ate a snake, they would say it was because of his wisdom; if a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity.
A well mannered man does not step on the shadow of his fellow man.
A married man has many sorrows -- an unmarried man has one more.
A blind man who sees is better than a sighted man who is blind.
One man's beard is on fire, and another man warms his hands on it.
When a blind man carries a lame man, both go forward.
When a blind man carries the lame man, both go forward.
Willing is a good man, but Able is a better one.
I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.
There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
The default mode of modern writing about art is to despise any notion of singularity as so much overheated genius-fetishism.
False fears are a plague, a modern plague!
There is something very morbid about modern sympathy with pain.
The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.
Everything in a modern container port is enormous, overwhelming, crushing.
