Exemplum Quotes

#1. The illustration which solves one difficulty by raising another, settles nothing.
[Lat., Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit.]

Horace

#2. What's wrong with assholes, baby?

Charles Bukowski

#3. There are many out there who proudly call themselves critics, but I have come to see that many of those critics have never tested their own skill.

Allison Mackie

#4. Pain can be dismissed.

Marianne De Pierres

#5. Laser Pointer Q. If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color?

Randall Munroe

#6. However long a hug lasts, it doesn't last long enough.

Kyle Schmalenberg

#7. I know because I read ... Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.

Libba Bray

#8. General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career.

Henry Villard

#9. Thank you," Emerson said, bowing his head and accepting the box with the tender hands of a parent holding a child. "I am indebted-"
"Don't be.This doesn't mean I like you or your politics any better," Heath said gruffly.

Lisa Kleypas