Quote #32221
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science...
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Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught, when...
Quote #9547
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
Quote #715
Convictions are the more dangerous enemy of truth than lies.
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Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt...
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An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
Quote #32773
The end of man is knowledge but there’s one thing he can’t know. He...
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My boredom threshold is low at the best of times but I have spent...
Quote #16045
He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but...
Quote #32056
No birth certificate is issued when friendship is born. There is nothing tangible. There...