Quote #30098
To philosophize is nothing else than to prepare oneself for death.
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The past is only the present become invisible and mute and because it is...
Quote #25879
Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double...
Quote #11289
An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick.
Quote #29091
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and...
Quote #31130
Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.
Quote #23124
Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined...
Quote #1020
This is no time to act like a gentleman. I am a cad and...
Quote #1682
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...
Quote #33757
The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox the people...