All love is true, but not all truth ... is love?

There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them.

Through our sunless lanes creeps Poverty with her hungry eyes, and Sin with his sodden face follows close behind her. Misery wakes us in the morning and Shame sits with us at night.

George Moore leads his readers to the latrine and locks them in.

Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places on the individual, their liberty, self-expression, creativity, and personal responsibility.

People are either charming or tedious.