Quote #26857
He who stops being better stops being good.
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It is strange that we do not temper our resentment of criticism with a...
Quote #31141
Luck is the residue of design.
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The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve we must not...
Quote #8527
We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and...
Quote #30147
It’s practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry.
Quote #4751
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
Quote #32756
All glory comes from daring to begin.
Quote #31681
Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness....
Quote #16073
Half the controversies in the world are verbal ones; and could they be brought...