Quote #18958
When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is...
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New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because...
Quote #28010
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim.
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Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the...
Quote #4716
This hath not offended the king.
Quote #30991
It is always easier to ask forgiveness than permission.
Quote #31335
I died a mineral, and became a plant. I died a plant and rose...
Quote #11962
The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong; he can swear and...
Quote #26136
Being a child is horrible. It is slightly better than being a tree or...
Quote #20359
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are...