Whenever I dwell for any length of time …

Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people’s characters.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Margaret Halsey

Whenever is found what is called a pater…

Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to ensure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Benjamin Disraeli

Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to as…

Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Leigh Hunt

Whenever people say ‘we mustn’t be senti…

Whenever people say ‘we mustn’t be sentimental,’ you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, ‘we must be realistic,’ they mean they are going to make money out of it.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Brigid Antonia Brophy