Quote #20162
To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our...
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I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take...
Quote #33079
The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world the most people...
Quote #22740
Drunkenness is temporary suicide.
Quote #7581
There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be...
Quote #2015
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
Quote #10865
A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
Quote #3918
I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a...
Quote #23653
Those whom fortune has never favoured are more joyful than those whom she has...
Quote #18897
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.