“Criticism is now become mere hangman's work, and meddles only with the faults of authors ; nay, the critic is disgusted less with their absurdities than excellence ; and you cannot displease him more than in leaving him little room for his malice.” LittlesRoomsCriticismFaultsExcellenceMereCriticsLeavingAbsurdityMaliceDisgustedHangmanLeaving Him Book:The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life Source: The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life
“Tears came to my eyes when I read of a mere boy in one of our eastern cities who noticed a vagrant asleep on a sidewalk and who then went to his own room, retrieved his own pillow, and placed it beneath the head of that one whom he knew not. Perhaps there came from the precious past the welcome words: 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me' (Matt. 25:40).” DoneEyePastRoomsCitiesBoysTearsMereWelcomeEasternPillowBrethrenSidewalkVagrants Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Until a vegan or vegetarian enters the room, people don't see themselves as meat-eaters. They are merely 'eaters', and it is we vegans who have made them aware of what they are doing. Often this is discomforting.” PeopleMadeRoomsFoodEatingMereFeministMeatVegetarianVeganEnteringDiscomfortRaising Awareness Author:Carol J. Adams