Quote #14149
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without...
Quote #15712
He who ashamed of his poverty would be equally proud of his wealth.
Quote #13719
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Quote #19660
Many men die at twenty-five and aren’t buried until they are seventy-five.
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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other...
Quote #3705
…exaggerated turns of speech conceal mediocre affections: as if the fulness of the soul...
Quote #21195
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Quote #30881
Better be quarreling than lonesome.
Quote #30554
You don’t need any brains to listen to music.