Quote #6500
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Quote #33605
As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I...
Quote #22766
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures...
Quote #20608
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last...
Quote #16165
Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.
Quote #18898
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the...
Quote #17242
Life’s greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
Quote #8931
A finished person is a boring person.
Quote #3206
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as...
Quote #17294
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.