Quote #14743
We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity.
Quote #6719
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny...
Quote #14553
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
Quote #28962
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
Quote #20152
The politician is … trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to...
Quote #31989
Rumor is not always wrong. – from Life of Agricola
Quote #11266
Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily...
Quote #10292
We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices.
Quote #9847
One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people…well, two people...
Quote #17860
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew...