Quote #3575
Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate,...
Quote #17516
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character...
Quote #25013
What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.
Quote #30657
If you know it’s going to happen there’s no need to call it a...
Quote #22099
Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet
Quote #3112
If more than ten percent of the population likes a painting it should be...
Quote #12177
Our humanity is trapped by moral adolescents. We have too many men of science,...
Quote #32262
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Quote #17127
Perfect valor is to behave, without witnesses, as one would act were all the...
Quote #31007
Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to...