Some men love only to talk where they are masters. They like to go to school-girls, or to boys, or into the shops where the saunte...ring people gladly lend an ear.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are some things which a man never speaks of, which are much finer kept silent about. To the highest communications we only l...end a silent ear.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My life more civil is and free Than any civil polity.... Ye princes, keep your realms And circumscribèd power, Not wide as are my dreams, Nor rich as is this hour. What can ye give which I have not? What can ye take which I have got? Can ye defend the dangerless? Can ye inherit nakedness? To all true wants Time's ear is deaf, Penurious states lend no relief Out of their pelf: But a free soul--thank God-- Can help itself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When a subject is highly controversial ... one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opin...ion one does hold. One can only give one's audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one's clothes? Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet? So is he ...who sleeps with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. ... I had heard of you by t...he hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »