“A mechanical description of the act tells us nothing, any more than a scientifically accurate account of mastication will convey the flavour of roast duck.”— Anthony Burgess, Flame Into Being: The Life and Work of D. H. Lawrence (1985)Share
“Home to people like me is not a place but all places, all places except the one we happen to be in at the moment.”— Anthony BurgessShare
“The important thing is to get yourself born. You’re entitled to that. But you’re not entitled to life.”— Anthony BurgessShare
“It is man's job to be curious; it is man's job to try to find out the truth about the world about us.”— Anthony BurgessShare
“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”— EpictetusShare
“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”— EpictetusShare
“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”— William ShakespeareShare
“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”— Marcus AureliusShare
“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”— Marcus AureliusShare
