“Generosity and courage are associate virtues; and the character which possesses the former, must, in the nature of mental arrangements, be adorned with the latter.”— Laurence Sterne, Letter to ----, Sunday eveningShare
“As we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short do any thing—only keep your temper.”— Laurence SterneShare
“I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.”— Michel de MontaigneShare
“What matters it, that, all around, Danger, and guilt, and darkness lie, If but within our bosom's bound We hold a bright, untroubled sky, Warm with ten thousand mingled rays Of…”— Emily BrontëShare
“The second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure…”— Italo CalvinoShare
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.”— Abraham LincolnShare
“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”— Abraham LincolnShare
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”— Helen KellerShare
