Quote #3207
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to...
Quote #11435
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Quote #1778
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
Quote #20357
Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what...
Quote #2017
The people have a right supremeTo make their kings, for Kings are made for...
Quote #16717
It takes ten pounds of common sense to carry one pound of learning.
Quote #19859
The wise are instructed by reason ordinary minds by experience the stupid, by necessity...
Quote #5899
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the...
Quote #4404
Everything passes, everything wears out, everything breaks. (tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse)
Quote #15568
If you love large, you’ve got to hurt large. If you’ve got a lot...