Quote #9770
Why should I do anything for posterity? What has posterity ever done for me?
Quote #7067
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.
Quote #34063
The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross...
Quote #21328
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
Quote #16861
Never read a book that is not a year old.
Quote #20195
I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we...
Quote #2769
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
Quote #13491
Cynics are made, not born.
Quote #5140
The game is afoot.
Quote #16742
The man who listens to Reason is lost reason enslaves all whose minds are...