#tory

The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#because #dying #end #epic #out

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#philosophy #skepticism #virtue #well

Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

#function #heaven #hell #hell is #inferno

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory. ↗

— A. C. Benson

#get #lavatory #life #little #long

I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor. ↗

— Tom Berenger

#guess #history #i #professor #weren

It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#antiquated #art #art form #attract #created

Myth is, after all, the neverending story. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#myth #story

There was a storyline this year where Taylor lied to Brooke. It was supposed to be set up in a way that I was so outraged by her that I let it stay. I thought that was human, which was great. ↗

— Hunter Tylo

#great #her #human #i #lied

Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave. ↗

— Claude Bernard

#enter #imagination #laboratory #leave #off

The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#economic #economic recovery #financial #financial system #get