Empreintes Litteraires Quotes & Sayings

As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. — George Washington

Long intervals frequently elapse between the discovery of new principles in science and their practical application ... Those intellectual qualifications, which give birth to new principles or to new methods, are of quite a different order from those which are necessary for their practical application. — Charles Babbage

Art doesn't bare itself to just anyone, but to believers called artists. — Richelle E. Goodrich

War is a sin. War is the highest degree of immorality. War is inhuman insanity for it kills sacred human lives wholesale. How can there still be any war on our miraculous planet? — Robert Muller

Miserable are the persons who do not have something beyond themselves to search for. — Charles L. Allen

There's genuine pain in Eric's eyes. And I feel a stab of guilt. But you can't stay with people because of guilt. — Sophie Kinsella