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When a subject is highly controversial... one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one's audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker.

– Virginia WoolfRate it:

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

– William HazlittRate it:

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

– Anatole FranceRate it:

When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

– Anatole FranceRate it:

When a thing is done, advice comes too late.

– Romanian ProverbRate it:

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

– George C. MarshallRate it:

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

– George Bernard ShawRate it:

When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.

– George Bernard ShawRate it:

When a thing is new, people say 'It is not true.' Later, when its truth becomes obvious, they say 'It is not important.' Finally, when its importance cannot be denied, they say 'Anyway, it is not new.'

– William JamesRate it:

When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid -- in which case all comment is superfluous -- or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

– Miguel de UnamunoRate it:

When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid-in which case all comment is superfluous-or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

– Miguel de UnamunoRate it:

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, simply drop it.

– Marquis de VauvenarguesRate it:

When a traveller returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath travelled altogether behind him.

– Francis Bacon, 1597-1625Rate it:

When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.

– Jonathan SwiftRate it:

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

– Jonathan SwiftRate it:

When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

– Jonathan SwiftRate it:

When a twin dies, the survivor's spirit goes with her.

– Kelly Marrapodi-Munsell (1968-2011)Rate it:

When a very bright light shines in our face, we blink. We close our eyes. The light is still there, but our eyes reject it because it is too much for them. On the first Easter day, even the apostles and Jesus’ close friends blinked. It took a while to recognize him and to realize what had happened. It was too much to believe until the Lord pressed them with the evidence. Once convinced, they testified to Jesus’ resurrection even at the cost of their lives.

– Francis Cardinal George, OMIRate it:

When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart.

– Ralph Waldo EmersonRate it:

When a wife tells her husband, he sucks in bed, it’s undeniable he will obtain a second opinion.

– RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)Rate it:

When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature.

– Marguerite DurasRate it:

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.

– Minna AntrimRate it:

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.

– Oscar WildeRate it:

When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck men risk theirs.

– Oscar WildeRate it:

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