1880 Silver Quotes & Sayings

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. — John Buchan

The schoolmastering profession has always attracted homosexual flagellants — Burgo Partridge

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

I wept bitterly, surrendering momentarily to my fear and heartbroken confusion, but slowly I began to quiet a bit, as Jamie stroked my neck and back, offering me the comfort of his broad, warm chest. My sobs lessened and I began to calm myself, leaning tiredly into the curve of his shoulder. No wonder he was so good with horses, I thought blearily, feeling his fingers rubbing gently behind my ears, listening to the soothing, incomprehensible speech. If I were a horse, I'd let him ride me anywhere. — Diana Gabaldon

I've been offered 'Celebrity Fit Club', where you have to take off your shirt and get on a scale. I got kids, man. I'm not going to humiliate myself. I'd rather drive a cab. — Steve Schirripa

Obviously, I didn't think, and nobody else did, that the Iraqis were going to take ALL of Kuwait . — April Glaspie

To rulers religion, like almost everything else, is a tool of power. — Will Durant

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To be an artist, one must ... never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life — Diego Rivera