Overawed Define Quotes & Sayings

Scholars discern motions of history & formulate these motions into rules that govern the rises & falls of civilizations. My belief runs contrary, however. To wit: history admits no rules, only outcomes. What precipitates outcomes? Vicious acts and virtuous acts. What precipitates acts? Belief. — David Mitchell

Let grammar rule the man who doesn't know how to think what he feels. Let it serve those who are in command when they express themselves. — Fernando Pessoa

If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance. — Margery Allingham

There is no way in which a man can earn a star or deserve a sunset. — G.K. Chesterton

If his relative success hadn't made him happy, it had, on average, made him less unhappy. — Adelle Waldman