May 04

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.–H. G. Wells (1866 – 1946), The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)

May 03

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world. - George Bernard Shaw

May 02

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for our ability to amuse them. - Evelyn Waugh

May 01

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. — Benjamin Franklin

Apr 30

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence. - Thomas Wolfe, Gods Lonely Men

Apr 29

What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?–Evelyn Waugh (1903 – 1966)

Apr 28

Fear is the main source of superstition and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

Apr 27

Have I inadvertently said some evil thing?–Phocion (402 BC – 318 BC), from Plutarch, Apothegms

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