Wilkie Collins on talking

I am nothing but a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man.

Whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn’t matter, you must have your breakfast.

Every human institution (justice included) will stretch a little, if you only pull it the right way.

A great many of those who ‘debunk’ traditional…values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process.

C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Abolition of Man

• Debate

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Mark Twain1835–1910

If A is a success in life, than A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein1879–1955

• Success