Quote #3398
Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of illusions.
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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of...
Quote #17480
It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by...
Quote #7228
What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are...
Quote #8374
Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men’s hovels and king’s palaces.
Quote #2183
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Quote #10582
Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger.
Quote #14993
Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out political passions, never.
Quote #17470
A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built...
Quote #10315
The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing the...