Quote #30922
He fishes well who uses a golden hook.
Quote #2390
The prelude to Tristan and Isolde sounded as if a bomb had fallen into...
Quote #4583
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
Quote #12083
There is no escape – we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
Quote #4000
Look who?s standing if you please, ?though you tried to bring me to my...
Quote #5619
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
Quote #14120
Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a...
Quote #15135
The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.
Quote #571
On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any...
Quote #33894
Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence...