Quote #6178
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation...
Quote #32649
Doubt is not a pleasant state of mind, but certainty is absurd.
Quote #33922
A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.
Quote #24142
Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in...
Quote #34512
You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you...
Quote #15354
Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
Quote #25044
It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that ‘Men having often abandoned what was...
Quote #4458
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes...
Quote #30429
Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion...
Quote #7986
Curiosity was a form of lust, a wandering cupidity of the eye and the...