God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
Samuel Butler
A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about... →
The true exercise of freedom is - cannily and wisely and with grace - to move inside what space confines - and not seek to know what lies beyond and... →
A. S. Byatt
When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a joke.
David Byrne
We favor the economic unification of Germany. If complete unification cannot be secured, we shall do everything in our power to secure the maximum... →
James F. Byrnes
We have learned that peace and well-being are indivisible and that our peace and well-being cannot be purchased at the price of peace or the... →
Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.
Lord Byron
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.