Quote #16581
Life is unbearable, but death is not so pleasant either.
Quote #14062
Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.
Quote #21105
Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of...
Quote #16626
All things good to know are difficult to learn.
Quote #9673
I say that good painters imitated nature but that bad ones vomited it.
Quote #5923
We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is...
Quote #4262
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
Quote #18583
If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all...
Quote #2911
It is a commonplace that the history of civilisation is largely the history of...
Quote #1771
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and...