Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Don't sell your soul to buy peanuts for the monkeys.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
We reveal more of ourselves in the lies we tell than we do when we try to tell the truth.Collection: Lying
I don't approve the informality in the world today, Mr. James. It's made strangers of us all.Collection: World
Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be.Collection: Father
No one who likes a song lacks congeniality.Collection: Song
Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.Collection: Criticism
It's a great wonder to me, the Irish attachment to our history. What is it but a series of lamentations?Collection: Attachment
Flattery makes fools of the best of us.Collection: Fool
There’s no snobbery like that of the poor toward one another.Collection: Poor
The law is above the law, you know.Collection: Law