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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power...
Quote #7530
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
Quote #16746
Self-denial is not a virtue it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.
Quote #30624
Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love...
Quote #27408
There are two kinds of worries — those you can do something about and...
Quote #17360
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
Quote #33336
I don’t mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it...
Quote #15791
The Scripture vouches Solomon for the wisest of men; and his proverbs prove him...
Quote #2074
Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
Quote #26742
Sometimes, big trees grow out of acorns. I think I heard that from a...