“A little knowledge is said to be a dangerous thing, but it is not dangerous to the imagination.”— Alfred Austin, The Poet's Diary, 1904Share
“Hospitality should be accidental, spontaneous, and impulsive, not pre-arranged and calculated.”— Alfred AustinShare
“Let your house / Be spacious more than splendid, and be books / And busts your most conspicuous furniture.”— Alfred AustinShare
“For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.”— C.S. LewisShare
“A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.”— Henry David ThoreauShare
“To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action when there is more reason to fear than to hope.”— Miguel de CervantesShare
“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be.”— Thomas JeffersonShare
