Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

Quote by Thornton Wilder

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Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than...

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than...

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim...

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim...

There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different...

There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different...

The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are...

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are...

Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder

Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the...

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the...

For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?

For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of...

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of...

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the...

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your...

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having...

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having...

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the...

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the...

A play visibly represents pure existing.

A play visibly represents pure existing.

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ...

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ...