Quote #15671
Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it...
Quote #14568
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying...
Quote #20602
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow necked bottles the less they have...
Quote #6116
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil...
Quote #7573
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
Quote #20800
Be not afraid of greatness some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some...
Quote #32045
That is true wisdom, to know how to alter one’s mind when occasion demands...
Quote #7515
If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient...
Quote #14766
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these...
Quote #4229
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.