Quote #2326
The English think incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.
Quote #34181
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn’t take his education too seriously.
Quote #25306
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost...
Quote #4444
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
Quote #34304
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
Quote #11163
A diplomat must always think twice before he says nothing.
Quote #30821
Don’t make use of another’s mouth unless it has been lent to you.
Quote #15570
Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.
Quote #14410
The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken...
Quote #16865
Life is a festival only to the wise.