Quote #30846
He who undertakes too much seldom succeeds.
Quote #34526
My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible.
Quote #2409
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way by...
Quote #6157
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.
Quote #7759
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
Quote #10446
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations...
Quote #14113
Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the...
Quote #12115
True genius is always inborn and never cultivated, let alone learned.
Quote #34924
You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong...
Quote #27569
Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from...