#letter

Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#burn #great #great men #leave #letters

If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to it: I should only write letters to it, and that would be only a clumsy stage on the way to entire telepathy. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#clumsy #entire #i #i do #letters

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#came #dramatist #economically #good #had

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#been #book #could #easily #first

To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian. ↗

— David Hume

#believing #christian #essential #first #letters

I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct. ↗

— Samuel Alito

#accordance #applicable #been #both #canons

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. ↗

— Fanny Brice

#beauty #greater #letter #personal #recommendation

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

#circumstances #i #i am #i do #know

More than kisses, letters mingle souls. ↗

— John Donne

#kisses #letters #mingle #more #souls

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#better #comes #drawback #feel #get