“What the Imagination seizes as Beauty must be Truth…”
John Keats, quoted in I.A. Richards Principles of Literary Criticism
“I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know.”
William Safire, quoted in Federalist Patriot No. 04-38 22 September 2004 (from Federalist.com)
“What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the d***ed fools said would happen has come to pass.”
Lord Melbourne, quoted in British Columbia Report November 18, 1996.
“.... and when the patient loves his illness, what pain he has to suffer when he is cured!”
Infanta, in Pierre Corneille The Cid II.5.
“In this life we get nothing save by effort.”
Theodore Roosevelt, “In Praise of the Strenuous Life,” in William Bennett The Book of Virtues
“But the spiritual life is not a democracy.”
Bishop Robert Barron in “Is Jesus the King of Your Life?” (right after praising political democracy and condemning this-world monarchy) https://youtu.be/tICxaSQFJGo?t=761
“D is a very weak-minded fellow I am afraid and, like the feather pillow, bears the marks of the last person who has sat on him.”
“Lord Haig” re “Lord Derby” in 1918, quoted by Mark Steyn in the Daily Telegraph August 1, 2004
“‘What does my life matter? I just want to be faithful, to the end, to the child I used to be.’”
Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) quoted in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 3 #5 (March 2000)