Quote #5871
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning...
Quote #32552
In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.
Quote #5829
Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds...
Quote #26798
I’m aiming by the time I’m fifty to stop being an adolescent.
Quote #27182
A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father...
Quote #4984
Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.
Quote #10066
The excellent becomes the permanent.
Quote #1747
The amount of noise which anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to...
Quote #8437
Great anger is more destructive than the sword
Quote #32928
Almost all really new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are...