Quote #21546
There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course....
Quote #10982
Sow an act…reap a habit Sow a habit…reap a character Sow a character…reap a...
Quote #17570
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
Quote #9457
Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art.
Quote #9050
The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We...
Quote #4179
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
Quote #7311
At last is Hector stretch’d upon the plain,Who fear’d no vengeance for Patroclus slainThen,...
Quote #18629
History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes.
Quote #14725
Never be entirely idle but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating...
Quote #19939
Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.