"Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests."
― Thornton Wilder
Topic(s):
Respect
More From Thornton Wilder
- "Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion."
- "Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday."
- "The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose."
More In Respect
- "I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."― Lyndon B. Johnson
- "Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too."― Dave Matthews
- "A lot of the time, the way it’s portrayed is that I only see women in a sexual way. But I grew up with just my mum and sister, so I respect women a lot."― Harry Styles