On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
History is the science of what never happens twice.
Fidelity to meaning alone in translation is a kind of betrayal.
You have certainly observed the curious fact that a given word which is perfectly clear when you hear it or use it in everyday language, and which does not give rise to any difficulty when it is engaged in the rapid movement of an ordinary sentence becomes magically embarrassing, introduces a strange resistance, frustrates any effort at definition as soon as you take it out of circulation to examine it separately and look for its meaning after taking away its instantaneous function.
We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from losing ourselves.
What is simple is false and what is not is useless.
The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name.
What I have said is that I think the federal government and we as a society have come too far in trying to separate good organizations that perform good functions for people just based on the fact one has a religious association and one doesn't.
We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
Breast cancer is scary and no one understands that like another woman who has gone through it too.