Kordian Market Quotes & Sayings

He had come to us only three years earlier, but had already won general sympathy, mainly because he "knew how to bring society together." His house was never without guests, and it seemed he would have been unable to live without them. He had to have guests to dinner every day, even if only two, even if only one, but without guests he would not sit down to eat. He gave formal dinners, too, under all sorts of pretexts, sometimes even the most unexpected. The food he served, though not refined, was abundant, the cabbage pies were excellent, and the wines made up in quantity for what they lacked in quality. In the front room stood a billiard table, surrounded by quite decent furnishings; that is, there were even paintings of English racehorses in black frames on the walls, which, as everyone knows, constitute a necessary adornment of any billiard room in a bachelor's house. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again. — Bret Harte

[Rubinstein was] a fountain from which music spouted, not a recitalist. — Donal Henahan

The doctrine of the second advent is the very keynote of the Sacred Scriptures. From — Ellen G. White

You ever f**k Susan here?" she said, her face almost touching mine.
"I'm impressed," I said. "The question is intrusive, annoying, coarse, and voyeuristic. That's quite a lot to get into a simple question. — Robert B. Parker

Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing — Dennis Prager

There's another surprise!" Sam said. "I've seen your Mystery Man! — Gertrude Chandler Warner

The jingling of a fat purse always commands the world. — David Gerrold

When we hear a prediction of some disaster we need to throw the entire weight of our positive thought in the opposite direction! — Peace Pilgrim