💬 Quotes

"The past is not a foreign country; it is our own neighborhood, darkened by time and crowded with ghosts who refuse to leave."

"History is written by the survivors, but it is felt by those who were left behind in the smoke of the burning cities."

"We look for monsters to explain the catastrophes of our age, only to find that the machinery of destruction is operated by ordinary hands."

"Memory is a treacherous thing; it softens the sharp edges of grief until we mistake the scar for a thing of beauty."

"The shadow of an empire does not vanish when the banners are hauled down; it lengthens, stretching across generations."

"In the face of overwhelming forces, the individual choice seems absurdly small, yet it is the only terrain on which freedom can be defended."

"Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love."

"Golden lads and girls all must, / As chimney-sweepers, come to dust."

"Pisanio, / I have heard of such a man, but the slave hath / A noble stock."

"Hang there like fruit, my soul, / Till the tree die!"

"Mine eyes / Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; / Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, / That thought her like her seeming; it had been vicious / To have mistrusted her."

"The power that I have on you is to spare you; / The malice towards you to forgive you. Live, / And deal with others better."

"Selfishness is a vice so hateful that no man will acknowledge it in himself, and few will recognize it in other people unless they are entirely blinded by personal animosity."

"There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated."

"Things that are meant for our general good are sometimes exceedingly uncomfortable."

"Do other men, for they would do you, that's the true business precept."

"Hope is an expensive species of amusement, which costs a great deal of money and brings in very little return."

"The memory of innocent happiness is a good thing to carry into the grave."

"Love is a passion so powerful that it defies reason, morality, and the fear of ruin, reducing all other duties to mere shadows."

"I was guilty of a blind weakness, I confess; but my heart was pure, and I loved her to a degree that bordered on idolatry."