Quote #19772
Poetry should please by a fine excess and not by singularity. It should strike...
Quote #2805
Name me and emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.
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Where the soul is full of peace and joy, outward surrounding and circumstances are...
Quote #14865
To impress others we must be earnest; to amuse them, it is only necessary...
Quote #12329
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make...
Quote #24302
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression in order that every man present...
Quote #15409
How small a portion of our life it is that we really enjoy! In...
Quote #10817
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents–except at occasional...
Quote #24457
It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for to-morrow,...
Quote #3634
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do...