Quote #29960
The only cure for contempt is countercontempt.
Quote #18227
I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly...
Quote #10302
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a...
Quote #30231
How glorious it is – and also how painful – to be an exception.
Quote #32400
The only successful substitute for brains is silence.
Quote #31652
I am the Roman Emperor, and am above grammar.
Quote #11621
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Quote #17471
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.
Quote #21232
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
Quote #4923
But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.