Quote #4991
Nothing is more depressing than the conviction that one is not a hero.
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The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest...
Quote #5904
Arms are instruments of ill omen. . . . When one is compelled to...
Quote #13216
Spontaneous kindness is to hipsters as high beams are to deer.
Quote #3472
O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away...
Quote #11320
Art is the illusion of spontaneity.
Quote #33572
The world loves to be deceived.
Quote #32083
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave...
Quote #28610
Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice.
Quote #14374
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection,...