Quote #9713
What we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
Quote #1089
Benson, you are so free of the ravages of intelligence
Quote #7594
The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people...
Quote #15418
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather...
Quote #5183
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices...
Quote #14798
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Quote #28124
It is books that are a key to the wide world if you can’t...
Quote #12377
It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but...
Quote #1343
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was...
Quote #18020
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.