"A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation."

-- Joseph Addison

#House Quotes #Imperfection Quotes #Literature Quotes

“It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.”
“What you can't pay back you pay forward.”

Source : Jo Walton (2006). “Farthing”, p.165, Macmillan
“The interesting thing about averages is that they hide the truth very effectively.”
“All the freedom enjoyed in America, beyond what is enjoyed in England, is enjoyed solely by the disorderly at the expense of the orderly ...”

Source : Frances Trollope (2014). “Domestic Manners of the Americans”, p.72, Oxford University Press
“Timing: The alpha and omega of aerialists, jugglers, actors, diplomats, publicists, generals, prizefighters, revolutionists, financiers, dictators, lovers.”
“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.”
“When you torture a person for long periods you might get a very passionate human rights defender but most probably you will get a beast whose only concern is to seek his revenge in the best way possible.”
“Every extreme attitude is a fight from the self.”

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