Quote #25615
History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about...
Quote #17349
Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.
Quote #10201
No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.
Quote #17189
By all means marry if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If...
Quote #11194
A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness.
Quote #20356
Music is the soul of language.
Quote #23509
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit...
Quote #18628
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who...
Quote #16272
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
Quote #2284
Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is...