Quote #20078
Life is an onion and one peels it crying.
Quote #20730
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Quote #18231
My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point...
Quote #5733
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
Quote #16113
Self-reverence, self knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead life to sovereign power.
Quote #5672
The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully...
Quote #19316
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
Quote #18473
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea but if this is tea,...
Quote #27126
To receive everything, one must open one’s hands and give.
Quote #15012
He who lives without folly is not so wise as he imagines.