Quote #11723
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is...
Quote #2028
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe...
Quote #3219
Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.
Quote #19679
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get...
Quote #33717
After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than...
Quote #30193
I’m a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me.
Quote #9137
She is a friend of my mind… The pieces I am, she gather them...
Quote #31399
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence and if he was...
Quote #22635
By and large, I seem to have made more mistakes than any others of...
Quote #31451
The Diplomat sits in silence, watching the world with his ears.