Quote #8513
War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or...
Quote #13558
Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.
Quote #15760
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
Quote #11371
Books may well be the only true magic.
Quote #22387
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true...
Quote #29713
‘State intelligence,’ like ‘military intelligence’ and ‘woman friend,’ is a contradiction in terms.
Quote #15094
Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and...
Quote #17961
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The...
Quote #21194
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Quote #30897
Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you...