Quote #29339
Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.
Quote #3948
Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.
Quote #20713
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the...
Quote #20220
Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment...
Quote #32398
The tongue weighs practically nothing, But so few people can hold it.
Quote #29434
Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and...
Quote #1994
Progress might have been all right once but it has gone on too long.
Quote #31399
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence and if he was...
Quote #17001
Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious....
Quote #23513
Who has not hopedTo outrage an enemy’s dignityWho has not been sweptBy the wish...