Quote #21288
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
Quote #27238
Generally we study too much and think too little.
Quote #13923
How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens...
Quote #13685
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Quote #8106
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
Quote #29475
True refinement seeks simplicity.
Quote #531
Experience: A comb life gives you after you lose your hair.
Quote #19823
A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.
Quote #8218
There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying...
Quote #24048
There are two perfect men one dead, and the other unborn.