Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace. Thomson, James
Peace will come soon and come to stay, and so come as to be worth keeping in all future time. It will then have to be proved that among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and that they who take such appeal are sure to lose their […]
People are always ready to admit a man’s ability after he gets there. Edwards, Bob
People are like stained-glass windows.
People demand freedom only when they have no power. Nietzsche, Friedrich
People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf. Pound, Ezra
People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can’t fool the neighbors. Howe, Edgar Watson
People marry through a variety of other reasons, and with varying results; but to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy. Cabell, James Branch
People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. Richardson, Samuel
People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life. Resnick, Faith
People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater. Fiske, Minnie Maddern
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone. La Rochefoucauld, François