Quote #15520
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas...
Quote #26092
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
Quote #3513
We gladly feast on those who would subdue us … not just pretty words,...
Quote #17981
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn...
Quote #29788
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Quote #11720
I must be an optimist, because a pessimist is never disappointed.
Quote #15707
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Quote #13780
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
Quote #16993
Wit makes its own welcome and levels all distinctions.
Quote #26531
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of...