Affectations

It is a law of nature that we defend ourselves from one affectation only by means of another.

Veléry

VBA 23

Questions, not answers

In a work of art the intellect asks questions; it does not answer them.

Herbel

VBA p. 269

Liberty

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Shaw

VBA p. 246

Tolerance

I have seen gross intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

Coleridge

VBA p. 140

Prisons are built with stones of law, brothels with bricks of religion.

Blake

VBA 212

When a man wants to murder a tiger, he calls it sport: when the tiger wants to murder him, he calls it ferocity. The distinction between crime and justice is no greater.

Shaw

VBA 212

The Socratic manner is not a game at which two can play.

Beerbohm

VBA p. 111