Quote #7573
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
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Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and...
Quote #3827
Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or...
Quote #14682
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than...
Quote #19622
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all...
Quote #5323
Perhaps of all the creations of man, language is the most astonishing.
Quote #21557
Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.
Quote #19206
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable.
Quote #25974
Life-the way it really is-is a battle not between Bad and Good but between...
Quote #12313
Why is my existence so perfect with dark places? And why do I no...