“Wherever bitterness is, there love is wanting. And where love is wanting in the married life, there is hell upon earth.” –Adam Clark in his commentary on Colossians 3:19
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“The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate.”
“If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some [expletive deleted] silly thing in the Balkans.” –Otto von Bismark And then this happened: Next stop: World War I. As quoted by Winston Churchill in an address given on August 16, 1945 in the House of Commons. Photo from the Smithsonian.
“God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.” –Otto von Bismarck
“If I had a genie that would be my only wish–a time machine. And maybe money for college.”
“Skill cannot take the place of sympathy and understanding, for science without heart is ugly and pitiless.” –Dr. Katherine Berry Richardson, co-founder of The Children’s Mercy Hospital.
“In America, we like everyone to know about the good work we’re doing anonymously.”
“Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.” –Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia
“I wish I was dead with my back broken.” –Humphrey Bogart as Linus Larabie in Sabrina
“You two boys must have been born in a revival meeting.” –Humphrey Bogart as Fred Dobbs, Treasure of the Sierra Madre