“It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive.” FallCasesAliveCrowFlatterer Author:Antisthenes
“States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.” MenStatesGood ManDoomed Author:Antisthenes
“There is a mental fear, which provokes others of us to see the images of witches in a neighbor's yard and stampedes us to burn down this house. And there is a creeping fear of doubt, doubt of what we have been taught, of the validity of so many things we had long since taken for granted to be durable and unchanging. It has become more difficult than ever to distinguish black from white, good from evil, right from wrong.” LongHas BeensEvilHouseFearDifficultBlackWhiteTakenDoubtTaughtNeighborGrantedWitchProvokingYardsValidityTaken For GrantedUnchangingStampede Author:Edward R. Murrow
“American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.” ImportantReasonTruthLyingSimpleWorstTruth IsEthicsTraditionPropagandaTruthfulCredibleBelievablePersuasiveBeing TruthfulAmerican Tradition Author:Edward R. Murrow
“Indeed, in Russia there is a terrible poverty of facts, and a terrible abundance of reflections of all sorts.” FactsSufferingWealthPovertyTypeArgumentRussiaSpheresFrightening Author:Anton Chekhov
“Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?” VirtueCatholicJewMeritOrthodoxExclusive Author:Anton Chekhov
“An expansive life, one not constrained by four walls, requires as well an expansive pocket.” WellsFourWallPocketsFour Walls Author:Anton Chekhov
“I abide by a rule concerning reviews: I will never ask, neither in writing nor in person, that a word be put in about my book.... One feels cleaner this way. When someone asks that his book be reviewed he risks running up against a vulgarity offensive to authorial sensibilities.” WayFeelsWritingPersonsBookRunningAsksRiskReviewsSensibilityOffensiveCleanersVulgarity Author:Anton Chekhov
