Quote #33432
If you want to catch something, running after it isn’t always the best way.
Quote #31296
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Quote #30723
Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise...
Quote #6045
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it – namely,...
Quote #5639
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof,...
Quote #979
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain,...
Quote #10389
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything...
Quote #27207
‘Bury me on my face,’ said Diogenes and when he was asked why, he...
Quote #24900
Saintliness is also a temptation.
Quote #4970
I will wear my heart upon my sleeveFor daws to peck at.