Quote #29701
Years later, people look back upon their darkest day and say — as Churchill...
Quote #15808
The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a...
Quote #4751
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
Quote #1939
The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying.
Quote #24749
Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.
Quote #13791
And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in...
Quote #22902
History is full of surprises.
Quote #24092
There is nothing more likely to drive a person mad than…an obstinate, constitutional preference...
Quote #25764
History is philosophy teaching by examples.
Quote #12425
The art of living lies in a fine mingling of holding on and letting...