“"As the crow flies" - a popular and picturesque expression to denote a straight line.” Quote by William Henry Maule
“After a hard frost a man might wake in the morning and find he was breaking a covenant.” MenHardMightMorningCovenantFrost Author:William Henry Maule
“If a man go into the London Docks sober without means of getting drunk, and comes out of one of the cellars very drunk wherein are a million gallons of wine, I think that would be reasonable evidence that he had stolen some of the wine in that cellar, though you could not prove that any wine was stolen, or any wine was missed.” IfsThinkingMenMeanWould BeMillionsProveEvidenceWineLondonDrunkReasonableSoberStolenCellarsGallonsDocksGetting Drunk Author:William Henry Maule
“An enactment for the favour and liberty of the subject ought to have a liberal construction.” LibertySubjectsOughtConstructionFavour Author:William Henry Maule
“Fictions of law must be consistent with justice.” LawJusticeFictionConsistent Author:William Henry Maule
“I understand the most profound and simplest Truth of all: Any time any of us reaches out, any time we pour even a drop of love, compassion, simple human decency (no matter how small; how seemingly insignificant) into the sea of earthly existence - we are, each and every one of us - the being called Mercy.” HumansMatterSimpleExistenceCompassionSeaMercyProfoundReach OutSimplestInsignificantDecency Author:J. M. DeMatteis
“The impossible isn't a limitation, it's an invitation.” ImpossibleLimitationInvitations Author:J. M. DeMatteis
“The best way to keep money in perspective is to have some.” WayMoneyPerspectiveBest Way Book:How to make money in Wall Street Source: How to make money in Wall Street
“Roaming the world as a foreign correspondent for more than a decade, I was able to observe how a variety of vastly different nations organized themselves economically. The inescapable conclusion was that no politician anywhere on the planet has ever actually created a rupee's worth of prosperity.” WorldDifferentAbleNationsPlanetsPoliticianProsperityDecadesConclusionVarietyOrganizedRoamingRupees Author:Louis Rukeyser
“It is not the fact that a man has riches which keeps him from the kingdom of heaven, but the fact that riches have him.” MenFactsHeavenWealthRichesKingdomsKingdom Of Heaven Author:John Caird
“Cricket is not illegal, for it is a manly game.” GamesIllegalCricketManly Author:Anne, Queen of Great Britain