Quote #13914
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds...
Quote #20499
The true way to soften one’s troubles is to solace those of others.
Quote #8210
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything...
Quote #17326
The end excuses any evil.
Quote #33313
There’s not much to be said about the period except that most writers don’t...
Quote #24789
Comedy is the last refuge of the nonconformist mind.
Quote #49
God help those who do not help themselves.
Quote #21412
Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want...
Quote #32160
The recognition that no knowledge can be complete, no metaphor entire, is itself humanizing....
Quote #11143
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.