Quote #5712
Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.
Quote #34526
My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible.
Quote #18752
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel...
Quote #24469
I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.
Quote #31047
While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy...
Quote #1707
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has...
Quote #19828
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of...
Quote #32352
If you believe in something, no proof is necessary. If you don’t, none is...
Quote #10350
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so...
Quote #17410
One man’s word is no man’s word we should quietly hear both sides.