1829 Webster Quotes & Sayings

Afterward, he would leave her, and he would go to sleep in his own home. "It's hard to understand," he would tell Lila whenever she would press his gently on the subject, "but with us Arabs, a man can come and go, and his wife will not say a word. She'll notice the length of his absences, but she won't press him or ask for explanations. For his part, so long as he acts modestly and doesn't show off his lover in plain view, then he will not bring shame on his family. — Anat Talshir

Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame. — William Cowper

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There is nothing else to do in Nashville except for write songs. — Jessie Baylin

Daphne knows, with equal ease, How to vex and how to please; But the folly of her sex Makes her sole delight to vex. — Jonathan Swift

For the second time this week, I felt like Alice in Wonderland, about to fall down a pit, a new adventure forced upon me. — Gena Showalter

I'm twenty-four, it's a Friday night, and I'm waiting in for a take-out gyros and fries in my onesie. My life is just so exciting I can barely stand it. — Emma Hart