H.W. Charles Quotes
The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.
Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers.
I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.
Despair itself if it goes on long enough, can become a kind of sanctuary in which one settles down and feels at ease.
The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least--the privilege of making others happy.
Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in other, not in themselves.
Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary.
He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.
Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores.
There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is the test of their value.
Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It's like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss.
People who believe in politics are like people who believe in God: they are sucking wind through bent straws.
The hangover was brutal but he didn't mind. It told him he had been somewhere else, someplace good.
There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.
The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.
if you get married they think you're finished and if you are without a woman they think you're incomplete.
I have two rules. One is, never trust a man who smokes a pipe. The other is, never trust a man with shiny shoes.
Unable to suppress love, the Church wanted at least to disinfect it, and it created marriage.
Nothing in a portrait is a matter of indifference. Gesture, grimace, clothing, decor even - all must combine to realize a character.
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.
Some men hope for revolution but when you revolt and set up your new government you find your new government is still the same old Papa, he has only put on a cardboard mask.
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
In this horror of solitude, this need to lose his ego in exterior flesh, which man calls grandly the need for love.
As a remedy against all ills - poverty, sickness, and melancholy - only one thing is absolutely necessary: a liking for work
Soon we will plunge ourselves into cold shadows, and all of summer's stunning afternoons will be gone. I already hear the dead thuds of logs below falling on the cobblestones and the lawn.
Intellectuals say simple things in difficult ways. Artists say difficult things in simple ways.
I do not deny "God", because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me no distinct affirmation, and of which the would-be affirmer has no conception.
Prayer is not a hard requirement - it is the natural duty of a creature to its creator, the simplest homage that human need can pay to divine liberality.
To become God's mighty servants, we must decide whether we will base our life on His priorities or the world's. The two are incompatible.
