Biedermeier Bouquet Quotes & Sayings

Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it. — Bertrand Russell

I remember your saying once that there is a fatality about good resolutions - that they are always made too late. Mine certainly were. — Oscar Wilde

Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakeable principles, face change full of courage, courage based on faith. — Emily Greene Balch

People don't talk about mercy very much these days - it has a rather old-fashioned ring to it. but it exists and its power is quite extraordinary — Alexander McCall Smith

Now, Betteredge, exert those sharp wits of yours, and observe the conclusion to which the Colonel's instructions point!" I instantly exerted my wits. They were of the slovenly English sort; and they consequently muddled it all — Wilkie Collins