Cosmopolitanism Appiah Quotes & Sayings

Decorum
that bug-bear which deters so many from bliss until the opportunity for bliss has forever gone by. — Edgar Allan Poe

The religious definition of truth is not that it is universal but that it is absolute. — W. H. Auden

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot. — Niccolo Machiavelli

God is not so much spoken about as speaking-God makes himself known. — Stephen R. Holmes

I have an idea, and I have a perpetrator, and I write the book along those lines, and when I get to the last chapter, I change the perpetrator so that if I can deceive myself, I can deceive the reader. — Ruth Rendell

The flesh and bone leg is just beautiful. It's elegant. You know, when it's working, it's incredible. But if it's not working, well, you know, your life is certainly far from over. — Aimee Mullins