Quote #7621
Mistake not. Those pleasures are not pleasures that trouble the quiet and tranquillity of...
Quote #16701
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the...
Quote #6864
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not...
Quote #9386
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest...
Quote #18686
All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
Quote #26318
Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.
Quote #12937
Man lowers his head and lunges into civilization, forgetting the days of his infancy...
Quote #34308
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws...
Quote #1706
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible...
Quote #21424
The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has...