Stephen's Quotes for the Depression Forums 5-13

[Warmsoul/Jeanie13]

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
-- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.
-- Russell Baker

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
-- Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), "Dreams and Facts"

A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
-- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1978