Quote #11571
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
Quote #582
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to...
Quote #9036
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Quote #4136
A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room...
Quote #2568
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even...
Quote #6972
He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope...
Quote #9902
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man...
Quote #11178
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
Quote #4517
But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
Quote #4943
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.