Quote #3909
The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking.
Quote #27
It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can...
Quote #8585
A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors...
Quote #7077
Speech is the mirror of the mind. (Imago Animi Sermo Est)
Quote #1373
Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.
Quote #102
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is...
Quote #30277
It all meant nothing but ‘Move a little farther. You are to near me.’
Quote #4276
The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted...
Quote #14934
Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.
Quote #3186
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us...