“Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.”
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British playwright, novelist, short story writer
'"The Treasure"
Short Stories
Source: Outlander
“Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.”
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British playwright, novelist, short story writer
'"The Treasure"
Short Stories
“It would ha' been a good deal easier, if ye'd only been a witch.”
Diana Gabaldon (1952) American author
Variant: Aye, I believe ye, Sassenach. But it would ha’ been a good deal easier if you’d only been a witch.
Source: The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher
Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 13
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
Context: There must be a seed of every good thing in the character of men, otherwise no one can bring it out. Lacking that, analogous motives, honor, etc., are substituted. Parents are in the habit of looking out for the inclinations, for the talents and dexterity, perhaps for the disposition of their children, and not at all for their heart or character.
Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982) American poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector
"World War II" http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/autobio/6.htm <br class="br">An Autobiographical Novel (1991)
James Brown (1933–2006) American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist
On having children — as quoted in Brown, J. & Eliot, M. (2005). I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul, p. 248. New American Library: New York. ISBN 0-45121-393-9
“It's a good thing I'm a reasonably patient woman. Otherwise, I might have to kill you.”
Lora Leigh (1965) American writer
Source: Wicked Pleasure