Mercurius Sublimatus Quotes & Sayings

The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes. — Kate Atkinson

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say. — Dirk Benedict

How do you whip up resentment against absentee landlords and pocketers of bribes when the highest ambition of the people is either to become the former or be in a position to receive the latter? — John Brunner

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more — George Gordon Byron

Zack Holloway stood at the doorway. He willed his legs to move, to carry himself away from the mess of blood and his professor's entrails in front of him. But he just, couldn't, budge. — Kent Reaper

A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires — William Arthur Ward

The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin. — Jean Baudrillard

Realizing that I can't control or change the impermanence of things in human life is daunting. — Michael Beckwith

It may well be that creativity is the last unfair advantage we're legally allowed to take over our competitors. — William Bernbach

Tell me a story of deep delight. — Robert Penn Warren