Selected quotation

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded."

~ Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, "Notes from Underground"



Various books with quotations, aphorisms and proverbs:

Everyday Positive Thinking

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (17th Edition)

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths

365 Inspirational Quotes (365 Days Perpetual Calendars)

Best Quotations for All Occasions

Offerings: Buddhist Wisdom for Every Day (Offerings for Humanity)

The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Word: Quotes - Titles - Poetry - Tips - Words

The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

The Yale Book of Quotations

A Continual Feast: Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim