To be weak, and to know it, is something of a punishment for a proud man. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes weak punishment man
What is newest to one in foreign countries is not always the people, but their surroundings, and those same little details of life and circumstance which make no impression on a man in his own land until he returns to it after a prolonged absence, and then they stand out very sharply for a while. Thomas Bailey Aldrich life return stand share on social
If you chance to live in a town where the authorities cannot rest until they have destroyed every precious tree within their blighting reach, you will be especially charmed by the beauty of the streets of Portsmouth. Thomas Bailey Aldrich destroy precious charm share on social
Portsmouth has the honor, I believe, of establishing the first recorded pauper workhouse - though not in connection with her poets, as might naturally be supposed. Thomas Bailey Aldrich honor naturally suppose Change image and share on social
What makes the United Nations an appropriate source of legitimacy for intervention is that it is the only place where the claims of the strong are put through the test of justification in front of the weak. Michael Ignatieff test source front share on social
It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment. Martin Van Buren visit enactment private share on social
Man is simply the best chance we know of that matter has had of providing itself with information about itself. Italo Calvino simply information man Change image and share on social