Quote #3881
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
Quote #4648
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
Quote #14221
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it...
Quote #20354
The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what...
Quote #17866
Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned. – Notebook, 1898
Quote #7948
The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.
Quote #18163
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
Quote #16337
There are men who would quickly love each other if once they were speak...
Quote #1109
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that...
Quote #23857
Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is...