Quote #9746
I am a galley slave to pen and ink.
Quote #8867
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know....
Quote #18522
…it was always said of him Scrooge that he knew how to keep Christmas...
Quote #3369
Order, unity and continuity are human inventions just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.
Quote #5885
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
Quote #3426
The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single...
Quote #29672
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
Quote #7582
Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind.
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There are two sorts of curiosity — the momentary and the permanent. The momentary...
Quote #15827
The world is so constructed, that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you...