Quote #20655
I’ve arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where...
Quote #10214
It was from an old friend who . thought he was dying. Anyway, he...
Quote #5838
For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much...
Quote #5423
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.
Quote #16998
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature...
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I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that...
Quote #8166
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
Quote #17939
Too much liberty corrupts us all.
Quote #17721
Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful...
Quote #3576
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation...