Quote #16721
Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be...
Quote #24659
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence–beginning with one’s own.
Quote #6005
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like...
Quote #12632
He who controls the past controls the future.
Quote #12001
What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story, And the greatest good is...
Quote #11753
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
Quote #16832
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can...
Quote #22796
If you would stand well with a great mind, leave him with a favorable...
Quote #25203
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then...
Quote #6456
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones,...