“I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“When Rome burned, the emperor's cats still expected to be fed on time.”
― Rosemary and Rue
― Rosemary and Rue
“All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or an eternal survival of personality exist. They are the most preposterous and unjustified of all the guesses which can be made about the universe, and I am not enough of a hair-splitter to pretend that I don't regard them as arrant and negligible moonshine. In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of radical evidence I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist.”
―
―
“Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it will drop them and they will form a pile.”
― Hiroshima
― Hiroshima
The Next Best Book Club
— 26052 members
— last activity 9 minutes ago
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more
UK Amazon Kindle Forum
— 6686 members
— last activity 9 hours, 48 min ago
Where every hour is happy hour.
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Michael
Lists liked by Michael




















