Quote #7689
Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if...
Quote #15722
Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor;...
Quote #13171
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We...
Quote #25695
Desire nothing, Chafe not at fate, nor at Nature’s changeless laws. But struggle only...
Quote #6730
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a...
Quote #6421
Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your...
Quote #23513
Who has not hopedTo outrage an enemy’s dignityWho has not been sweptBy the wish...
Quote #26661
A man’s life is interesting primarily when he has failed –I well know. For...
Quote #11282
All we know is still infinitely less than all that remains unknown.
Quote #22813
There is one art of which man should be master, the art of reflection.