Quote #26455
Be wiser than other people if you can but do not tell them so.
Quote #5746
Knowledge without know-how is sterile. We use the word “academic” in a pejorative sense...
Quote #24832
I can’t understand why a person will take a year to write a novel...
Quote #23589
Why does no one confess his sins Because he is yet in them. It...
Quote #1266
But, my dearest Agathon, it is truth which you cannot contradict; you can without...
Quote #26018
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Quote #17159
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand...
Quote #29334
In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most...
Quote #22607
A small rock holds back a great wave.
Quote #1914
Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties, and causes...