Quote #22802
Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists...
Quote #2129
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers.
Quote #31503
Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
Quote #1511
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Quote #32494
I have not lost my mind – it’s backed up on disk somewhere.
Quote #32611
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
Quote #563
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Quote #32268
Science says ‘We must live,’ and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and...
Quote #10411
To state a theorem and then to show examples is literally to teach backwards.
Quote #23210
It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness.