Quote #28358
We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can’t scoff...
Quote #16450
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater...
Quote #13417
the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.
Quote #4950
What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite...
Quote #10105
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I...
Quote #18215
For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the...
Quote #19821
Knowledge and timber shouldn’t be much used till they are seasoned.
Quote #19097
To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned...
Quote #9510
A certain amount of danger is essential to the quality of life.
Quote #27910
I never put on a pair of shoes until I’ve worn them at least...