“We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest simply such beliefs as we have never heard questioned.” ThinkingBelieveMayBeliefHeardCustomsBoastAxiomsFree Thinking Book:Sartor Resartus Source: Sartor Resartus
“We shall march prospering,-not thro' his presence; Songs may inspirit us,-not from his lyre; Deeds will be done,-while he boasts his quiescence, Still bidding crouch whom the rest bade aspire.” MayStillsDoneSongDeedsMarchAspireBoastBiddingProspering Book:Browning: Poems Source: Browning: Poems
“Men may boast of their great actions; but they are more often the effects of chance than of design.” MenMayActionChanceEffectsDesignBoast Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the prophecy. But who can hope his lines shou'd long Last, in a daily changing tongue? While they are new, envy prevails, And as that dies, our language fails.” WorldMayLongTogetherLastsDiesLanguageLinesFailingPoetBoundsTongueEnvyVainVersesProphecyBoast Author:Edmund Waller