Quote #12151
Carbon atoms on a distant planet rearranged themselves into DNA, microorganisms formed, grew backbones,...
Quote #5082
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure.
Quote #24557
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it...
Quote #23136
All government — indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent...
Quote #9012
Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb.
Quote #1342
A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells...
Quote #15866
Mere sorrow, which weeps and sits still, is not repentance. Repentance is sorrow converted...
Quote #14766
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these...
Quote #1384
At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
Quote #25981
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity...