Quote #12937
Man lowers his head and lunges into civilization, forgetting the days of his infancy...
Quote #14059
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
Quote #6571
Life imitates art more than art imitates life.
Quote #7386
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
Quote #7739
Human nature constitutes a part of the evidence in every case.
Quote #7716
Tis the witching hour of night, Orbed is the moon and bright, And the...
Quote #7293
Learning makes a man fit company for himself.
Quote #19300
Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of illusions.
Quote #17865
Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.
Quote #12904
In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is...