Quote #20951
True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings Kings it makes gods, and...
Quote #15135
The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.
Quote #19720
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables...
Quote #14008
Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the...
Quote #34608
When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out...
Quote #33900
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is...
Quote #11978
Is necessary to take such measures that, when they believe no longer, it may...
Quote #16442
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
Quote #34737
Life here is so elemental. So real. Without the interference of civilization you can...
Quote #24968
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.