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Affectation, John Locke

Affectation is an awkward and forced Imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the Beauty that accompanies what is natural. - John Locke, On Education, Section 66, Affectation, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 11. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Affectation

Accident, Edmund Burke

Chapter of accidents. - Edmund Burke, Notes for Speeches (Edition 1852), Volume II, p. 426. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Accident

Crime, Vladimir Bukovsky

Society already understands that the criminal is not he who washes our dirty linen in public, but he who dirties the linen. - Vladimir Bukovsky (b.1932), Russian author. Stated on 5 January, 1972. Quoted in Radio Times magazine, 19 September, 1977. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Crime

Blushing, Carlo Goldoni

Bello è il rossore, ma è incommodo qualche volta. The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes inconvenient. - Carlo Goldoni, Pamela (c. 1750), I. 3. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Blushing

Language, Christian Nestell Bovee

The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology. - Christian Nestell Bovee, Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (1862), Volume II, p. 7. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Language

Mind, James Allen

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. - James Allen, As A Man Thinketh (1902) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mind

Reality, Philip K. Dick

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. - Philip K. Dick