Powerful imaginations are conservative.
(Hugo von Hofmannsthal: The Book of Friends.)
Κατηγορία: Aphorisms
Lamartine, «Political passions…»
Private passions grow tired
and wear themselves out;
political passions, never.
(Lamartine.)
Thorstein Veblen, «Invention…»
Invention is the mother of necessity.
(Thorstein Veblen.)
Bernard Shaw, «Imprisonment…»
Imprisonment is as irrevocable as death.
(Bernard Shaw: Maxims for Revolutionists.)
Emerson, «People say law…»
People say law but they mean wealth.
(Emerson: Journals.)
Maria von Ebner-Eschenbach, «Many priceless things…»
Many priceless things can be bought.
(Maria von Ebner-Eschenbach: Aphorisms.)
Henri Petit, «The rebel angels…»
The rebel angels fly in ranks.
(Henri Petit: Les Justes Solitudes.)
Edmund Burke, «Kings are naturally…»
Kings are naturally lovers of low company.
(Edmund Burke: Speech on the Economical Reform.)
Don Marquis, «There is nothing…»
There is nothing so habit-forming as money.
(Don Marquis.)
Louisa May Alcott, «House-keeping…»
House-keeping ain’t no joke.
(Louisa May Alcott: Little Women.)