Quote #4627
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
Quote #2389
There is no law against composing music when one has no ideas whatsoever. The...
Quote #7537
Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.
Quote #23697
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money he wondered if they had ever...
Quote #23145
History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
Quote #34829
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
Quote #18242
People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse...
Quote #26817
He has no hope who never had a fear.
Quote #12603
There is no harm in doubt and scepticism, for it is through these that...
Quote #13045
I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had...