Quote #3491
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
Quote #745
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to...
Quote #11898
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that’s no reason not to...
Quote #11221
The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something...
Quote #15950
Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you...
Quote #150
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what...
Quote #7178
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.
Quote #10293
Though defensive violence will always be ‘a sad necessity’ in the eyes of men...
Quote #5900
Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of...
Quote #14987
Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can...