Quote #3406
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions,...
Quote #5662
You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.
Quote #5794
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen...
Quote #21499
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn’t need any advice from...
Quote #6468
This only is certain, that there is nothing certain; and nothing more miserable and...
Quote #20335
Human subtelty will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct...
Quote #11887
We can begin by noting that the body prefers to keep itself alive.
Quote #13622
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the...
Quote #31933
Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him.
Quote #30428
Poorly written novels–no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters–are not...