Quote #3620
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and...
Quote #4447
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the...
Quote #10961
Compulsion cannot produce virtue; it can only produce the outward semblance of virtue.
Quote #21641
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy for what we leave...
Quote #15358
Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the...
Quote #7965
Adventure must be held in delicate fingers. It should be handled, not embraced. It...
Quote #5816
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the...
Quote #9104
We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.
Quote #21066
Enjoy things which are pleasant that is not the evil it is the reducing...
Quote #28829
The sun don’t shine on the same dog’s ass all the time.