Quotes on “social-commentary”

Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me...only he's an imbecile.

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire.

Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion.

Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?