Quote #15472
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
Quote #34367
Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles…respect for human life, the punishment...
Quote #16265
Early civilizations complained about still earlier ones, much as we do about both
Quote #7678
Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)
Quote #23933
The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the...
Quote #27545
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts wisdom lies in their simplification.
Quote #13163
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing...
Quote #2947
If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly...
Quote #34543
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
Quote #26317
Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.