Quote #4583
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
Quote #7116
Opinion has a significance proportioned to the sources that sustain it.
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To have respect for ourselves guides our morals and to have a deference for...
Quote #21679
Thinking The talking of the soul with itself.
Quote #20576
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise...
Quote #20332
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit...
Quote #20346
Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.
Quote #32685
Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great...
Quote #7647
History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography...
Quote #993
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and...