A man is reputed to have thought and eloquence; he cannot, for all that, say a word to his cousin or his uncle. They accuse his si...lence with as much reason as they would blame the insignificance of a dial in the shade. In the sun it will mark the hour. Among those who enjoy his thought, he will regain his tongue.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; following the lead of men, they ar...e most often disgusted with themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The age was still dark and reeked of the havoc and misfortunes of the Goths who had put all good literature to destruction. But, b...y God's goodness, in my time light and dignity were returned to letters, and I see there such improvement that today I would have great difficulty being admitted to the most elementary classes--I, who in my time was reputed to be (and not wrongly) to be the most knowledgeable person of the century.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise... For saying nothing; when I am very sure If they should speak, would almost damn those ears Which hearing them would call their brothers fools.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I grant I am a woman; but withal A woman that Lord Brutus took to wife.... I grant I am a woman; but withal A woman well-reputed, Cato's daughter. Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were... priests in the temple of Solomon.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Being accused of making money by selling sex in Hollywood, home of the casting couch and the gratuitous nude scene, is so rich wit...h irony that it's a better subject for a comic novel than a column.... On one coast the cops are busting sex workers on Eighth Avenue, dragging them downtown to night court where they pay the fine and go right back to their corner; on another they're charging Heidi Fleiss with pandering in a town in which the verb is an art form.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »