Quote #5604
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
Quote #11191
A good son makes a good husband.
Quote #15877
There are pauses amidst study, and even pauses of seeming idleness, in which a...
Quote #17883
Just the omission of Jane Austen’s books alone would make a fairly good library...
Quote #32793
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe...
Quote #7137
Learn to labour and to wait.
Quote #1706
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible...
Quote #34931
The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.
Quote #22308
There is nothing so ridiculous absurd* but some philosopher has said it.
Quote #13724
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we...