Quote #837
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt… Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
Quote #25646
Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly...
Quote #4979
Age cannot wither her, nor custom staleHer infinite variety.
Quote #12205
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I...
Quote #10373
Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.
Quote #23820
By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature’s softened, and more gentle grows.
Quote #730
The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they...
Quote #24991
A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing...
Quote #22749
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins...
Quote #20987
‘Tis neither here nor there.