Quote #1344
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to...
Quote #9181
What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it...
Quote #7211
He is the better equipped for life. As for swimming, who has the less...
Quote #21483
They talk most who have the least to say.
Quote #31630
It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by...
Quote #3151
Where desire writhed there stands a stone; the change was sudden and complete.
Quote #12496
Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never...
Quote #34847
You see what power is – holding someone else’s fear in your hand and...
Quote #21766
By asking for the impossible, obtain the best possible.
Quote #2241
Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity...