Quote #20948
They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.
Quote #24358
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Quote #14212
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
Quote #25541
Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if...
Quote #4683
Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought...
Quote #1328
Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree –...
Quote #17942
Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.
Quote #32898
You shouldn’t say it is not good. You should say, you do not like...
Quote #23433
‘I wish life was not so short,’ he thought. ‘Languages take such a time,...
Quote #34825
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.