Quote #19772
Poetry should please by a fine excess and not by singularity. It should strike...
Quote #15577
The deadliest contagion is majority opinion.
Quote #20730
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Quote #27157
Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.
Quote #26617
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Quote #12282
This is the true nature of home — it is the place of Peace;...
Quote #1370
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
Quote #9668
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
Quote #12320
Weak people cannot be sincere.
Quote #6347
The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends...