Quote #7555
The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest...
Quote #15811
He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into...
Quote #23637
That grief is light which can take counsel.
Quote #18852
Man merely discovers’ he never can and never will invent.
Quote #4912
And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered...
Quote #9420
History never looks like history when you are living through it.
Quote #6627
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Quote #25960
Some of the waiters discuss the menu with you as if they were sharing...
Quote #10473
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and...
Quote #19671
Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.