Quote #2861
Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something...
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Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man.
Quote #7002
Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth.
Quote #20529
Habits are safer than rules you don’t have to watch them. And you don’t...
Quote #4866
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
Quote #18524
Once upon a time–of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve–old...
Quote #24310
A brother is a friend given by Nature.
Quote #3213
I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a...
Quote #13905
The time has come for all good men to rise above principle.
Quote #2394
Children are never too tender to be whipped. Like tough beefsteaks, the more you...