Quote #29911
Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing taking.
Quote #6520
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that...
Quote #22325
If you aspire to the highest place it is no disgrace to stop at...
Quote #7429
Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
Quote #21929
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few...
Quote #15951
He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for...
Quote #790
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good...
Quote #18417
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one’s opinion, but rather...
Quote #18217
I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
Quote #21424
The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has...