Quote #19918
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection,...
Quote #9355
A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears...
Quote #31517
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time...
Quote #15008
Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog.
Quote #30539
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
Quote #25244
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay...
Quote #20936
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to...
Quote #10597
Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
Quote #9690
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening...