Quote #6830
We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by...
Quote #4588
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Quote #23524
Books have the same enemies as people fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own...
Quote #14218
You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey...
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I can’t criticize what I don’t understand. If you want to call this art,...
Quote #28486
The nice thing about egotists is that they don’t talk about other people.
Quote #25838
Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible reason distinguishes between the sensible and...
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still...
Quote #1808
The history of ideas is the history of the grudges of solitary men.
Quote #6601
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little,...