Quote #13788
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain...
Quote #12780
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
Quote #26538
The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the...
Quote #1482
She wanted something to happen – something, anything: she did not know what.
Quote #17017
We’re a planet of nearly six billion ninnies living in a civilization that was...
Quote #11364
Beware the flatterer: he feeds you with an empty spoon.
Quote #8600
Why, you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman or the...
Quote #34794
Travel is only glamorous in retrospect.
Quote #23313
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize...
Quote #7376
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.