#rue

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#always #compound #drafts #draws #due

There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire. ↗

— William Congreve

#beauty #cannot #courage #dare #narrow

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#character #health #his #index #man

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#nature #our #repose #truest #water

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#consequence #function #masterpiece #other #produce

My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare. ↗

— Dane Cook

#dreams #i #living #nightmare #personal

People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's. ↗

— Caroline B. Cooney

#back #believe #better #cruelty #life

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#career #champion #could #deal #holmes

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation. ↗

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#equality #generation #men #next #only

They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#aimed #another #boldly #effecting #ends