The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty.
Karel CapekCognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.
Karel CapekAll the year round there is spring, all through life is youth; there is always something which may flower.
Karel CapekA guy wanted the vet to cut his dog's tail off. The vet asked why. Well, my mother in law is visiting next month and I want to eliminate any possible indication that she is welcome.
Karel CapekThe sole perfection which modern civilization attains is a mechanical one; machines are splendid and flawless, but the life which serves them or is served by them, is neither superb nor brilliant, nor more perfect nor more graceful; nor is the work of the machines perfect; only they, the machines, are like gods.
Karel Capek