Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.
- Ali AbduThey are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.
- Alister Hardy