Quote #33056
There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written...
Quote #7831
When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.
Quote #11181
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
Quote #4971
I am not merry; but I do beguileThe thing I am, by seeming otherwise.
Quote #32205
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very...
Quote #16284
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Quote #25491
You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.
Quote #12115
True genius is always inborn and never cultivated, let alone learned.
Quote #3599
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you...
Quote #11520
Men, in general, are but great children.