Quote #2471
Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.
Quote #34729
People are simply incapable of prolonged, sustained goodness.
Quote #23519
Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our...
Quote #4692
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
Quote #17417
My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.
Quote #15996
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always...
Quote #6092
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
Quote #17036
It’s not only the most difficult thing to know one’s self, but the most...
Quote #14895
…when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Quote #8634
Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to...