Quote #11243
A silent mouth is sweet to hear.
Quote #786
Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.
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Our children seem to have wonderful taste, or none – depending, of course, on...
Quote #11916
Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor...
Quote #30095
He who would teach men to die would at the same time teach them...
Quote #1653
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect...
Quote #5349
They say the sun never sets over the British Empire, but it rises every...
Quote #7467
The same refinement which brings us new pleasures, exposes us to new pains.
Quote #16852
Only those books come down which deserve to last . All the gilt edges,...
Quote #11206
Everything may happen. (Omnio fieri possent.)