Quotes

It was one of those chilly and empty afternoons in early winter, when the daylight is silver rather than gold and pewter rather than silver. ~ The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton I know that journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. ~ The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton "Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend," observed Poirot philosophically. "You cannot mix up sentiment and reason." ~ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie "This affair must all be unravelled from within." He tapped his forehead. "These little grey cells. It is 'up to them'--as you say over here." ~ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie "Remuneration! O, that's the Latin word for three farthings." ~ Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare "He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." ~ Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare "Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, not uttered by base sale of chapmen's tongues." ~ Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare For as ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood. ~ The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent, it seldom has justice enough to accuse. ~ The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favours. ~ The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith