Quote #1134
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how...
Quote #11214
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
Quote #34004
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated...
Quote #29061
Nobody, as long as he moves about among the currents of life, is without...
Quote #23206
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Quote #7492
Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.
Quote #3228
Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instincts can be perceived.
Quote #31243
The smaller the understanding of the situation, the more pretentious the form of expression.
Quote #34811
People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have.
Quote #21809
America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by...