Quote #14513
There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as...
Quote #25798
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Quote #15037
The principle of liberty and equality, if coupled with mere selfishness, will make men...
Quote #15697
Ludwig von Beethoven had never mastered the elements of arithmetic beyond addition and subtraction....
Quote #11588
All romantics meet the same fate someday. Cynical and drunk and boring someone in...
Quote #26293
A free lunch is only found in mousetraps.
Quote #31424
Nothing is more curious than the almost savage hostility that humor excites in those...
Quote #34430
Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.
Quote #24709
The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue...
Quote #172
It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not...