When an apparent miracle happened.it proved divine mission to the credulous, and proved a contract with the devil to the skeptical. |
When George Bernard Shaw visited New Zealand a reporter asked him his impression of the place and, after a pause, Shaw is said to have replied: "Altogether too many sheep |
When I was young I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work |
When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones. |
When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. But when they are away, we console ourselves for their absence by dwelling on their vices. |
When people shake their heads because we are living in a restless age, ask them how they would like to live in a stationary one and do without change |
When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them. |
When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind |
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do |
When we know what God is, we shall be gods ourselves |
When we want to read of the deeds that are done for love, whither do we turn? To the murder column; and there we are rarely disappointed. |
When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication. |
When your eyes are fixed in the stare of unconsciousness, and your throat coughs the last gasping breath - as one dragged in the dark to a great precipice - what assistance are a wife and child? |
Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first. |
Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste |