Quote #8619
To greed, all nature is insufficient. – Hercules Oetaeus
Quote #16787
No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph...
Quote #6606
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey ‘people.’ People say...
Quote #15667
Who rises from a prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
Quote #7519
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins...
Quote #6104
There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give...
Quote #12173
Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
Quote #3684
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget...
Quote #20180
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make...