How Do You Persuade a Man Who Does Not Disagree?

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I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. – Jorge Luis Borges

That’s not writing, that’s typing. – Truman Capote (referring to the writing style of Jack Kerouac)

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original and the parts that are original are not good. – Samuel Johnson

The covers of this book are too far apart. – Ambrose Bierce

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. – John Selden

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. – Elbert Hubbard

You have not coverted a man because you have silenced him. – John Morley

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree but smiles. – Muriel Spark

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A Little Foolery that Governs the World.

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John Selden – 1584-1654

An English jurist and scholar

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

Marriage is a desperate thing.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the whole world.

They that govern most make the least noise.

Syllables govern the world.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

Preachers say, Do as I say, not as I do.

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