Quote #26810
When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always...
Quote #1804
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments...
Quote #15796
Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels; first to have it well ascertained...
Quote #23341
We have the means to change the laws we find unjust or onerous. We...
Quote #14739
Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent...
Quote #15580
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life...
Quote #4079
My kittens look at me like little angels, and always after doing something especially...
Quote #14619
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing...
Quote #31332
Nothing surely is so disgraceful to society and to individuals as unmeaning wastefulness.
Quote #15279
In idleness there is a perpetual despair.