Quote #12982
Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person...
Quote #31889
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.
Quote #14115
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second,...
Quote #31326
Love is an attachment to another self. Humor is a form of self-detachment —...
Quote #25844
To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is...
Quote #16688
Life is wasted on the living.
Quote #426
I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.
Quote #23749
‘Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of...
Quote #9220
No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death.
Quote #15272
The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are...