Quote #15579
Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
Quote #18942
Success is the child of audacity.
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No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as...
Quote #33785
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Quote #7697
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several–from foolish vanity,...
Quote #34862
Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or...
Quote #7590
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
Quote #27780
Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality they are also dress rehearsals, plans....
Quote #7573
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
Quote #34019
I can’t think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn’t...