“Give me to live with Love alone And let the world go dine and dress; For Love hath lowly haunts... If life's a flower, I choose my own 'T is "love in Idleness".” IfsWorldGivingMy OwnFlowerGive MeDressesIdlenessDineAlone In Love Author:Samuel Laman Blanchard
“What if two negatives make an affirmative ...does it follow that two nobodies shall be some body?” IfsDoeTwoBodyWhat IfAffirmativeNegatives Make Author:Samuel Laman Blanchard
“When a story has gone the grand circuit, and travels back to us uncontradicted, we may reasonably begin to relax in our belief of it. If nobody questions it, it is manifestly a fiction; if it passes current, it is almost sure to be a counterfeit. The course of truth never yet ran smooth.” IfsMayStoriesCoursesBeliefFictionGoneCurrentsRanRelaxSmoothCircuitsCounterfeit Author:Samuel Laman Blanchard
“The scarcity of truth is atoned for by the abundance of affidavits; if a rumor be impugned, its veracity is easily strengthened by additional emphasis of affirmation, until at last "everybody says so," and then it is undeniable.” IfsLastsTruth IsAbundanceAffirmationEmphasisRumorScarcityVeracity Author:Samuel Laman Blanchard