Quote #16272
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
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Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and...
Quote #32433
Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough.
Quote #19610
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions,...
Quote #8291
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of...
Quote #27432
Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable...
Quote #59
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
Quote #23802
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Quote #11821
There comes a time when a man must spit on his hands, hoist the...
Quote #7595
It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to...