Abba Eban

"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."

1d

Max Beerbohm

"You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men."

1w

King Farouk of Egypt

"The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left--the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds."

2w

Stan Dunn

"And that's the world in a nutshell, an appropriate receptacle."

2w

Bernard Berenson

"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago."

3w

Edmund Wilson

"There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income."

4w

Friedrich Engels

"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."

Jan 2023

Jules Feiffer

"Maturity is only a short break in adolescence."

Jan 2023

Robert Zend

"There are too many people, and too few human beings."

Dec 2022

Edgar Wilson Nye

"Wagner's music is better than it sounds."

Dec 2022