Quote #2748
For all the gold and silver stolen and shipped to Spain did not make...
Quote #26438
He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be...
Quote #11452
Do not spit in the well – you may be thirsty by and by.
Quote #18089
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have...
Quote #30237
My loathings are simple stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
Quote #14342
Beauty is a form of genius–is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no...
Quote #6326
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Quote #4707
A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any...
Quote #18411
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such....
Quote #3443
Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.