Edmund Morris famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.

  • I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.

  • I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

  • Feminism requires precisely what patriarchy destroys in women: unimpeachable bravery in confronting male power

  • You can't test courage cautiously.

  • How brave a ladybug must be! Each drop of rain is big as she. Can you imagine what you'd do, If raindrops fell as big as you?

  • It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.

  • A brave man, whose only fault was being a woman.

  • To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.

  • A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.