Faits Quotes & Sayings

out time for them to be alone or they'd — Debbie Mason

The mutability of the past is the central tenet of Ingsoc. Past events, it is argued, have no objective existance, but survive only in written records and in human memories. The past is whatever the records and the memories agree upon. And since the Party is in full control of all records, and in equally full control of the minds of its members, it follows that the past is whatever the Party chooses to make it. — George Orwell

Among the liberal arts, let us begin with the art that liberates us. — Michel De Montaigne

What's done cannot be undone. — William Shakespeare

She paused, realising that she was trying to make an AI feel better. It was a silly concept, but something about Lovey's demeanour made any other response feel a bit rude. Could AIs even take offence? Rosemary wasn't sure. — Becky Chambers

You could be writing the book that changes your life. — Brandon Sanderson

The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. — David Hume

En ge ne ral, plus un peuple est civilise , poli, moins ses moeurs sont poe tiques; tout s'affaiblit en s'adoucissant. Ingeneral, themore civilized and refinedthepeople, the less poetic are its morals; everything weakens as it mellows. — Denis Diderot

And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples. — Hesiod

The poet and the painter are only truly great by the mutual influences of their studies, and the jealousy of glory has only produced an idle contest. — Isaac D'Israeli

An enthusiastic philosopher, of whose name we are not informed, had constructed a very satisfactory theory on some subject or other, and was not a little proud of it. "But the facts, my dear fellow," said his friend, "the facts do not agree with your theory." - "Don't they?" replied the philosopher, shrugging his shoulders, "then, tant pis pour les faits;" - so much the worse for the facts! — Charles Mackay

Do stop flirting with my husband," said Tessa.
"I shall not," Magnus declared, "but I will pause briefly so that I may catch up on your news. — Cassandra Clare

The life contest is primarily a competition for available energy. — Ludwig Boltzmann