Pleasure is a by-product of doing something that is worth doing. Therefore, do not seek pleasure as such. Pleasure comes of seeking something else, and comes by the way.', A. Lawrence Lowell', US educator & political scientist (1856 - 1943)
The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.', Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, 1966', US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 - 1982)
The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky.', Solomon Short',
Man is what he believes.', Anton Chekhov', Russian dramatist & short story author (1860 - 1904)
I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.', Herb Caen',