Quote #11196
A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becomes a nuisance.
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Accident, n.: A condition in which presence of mind is good, but absence of...
Quote #31138
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of...
Quote #27718
The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
Quote #2651
Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs...
Quote #14678
As for the pyramids, there is nothing to wonder at in them so much...
Quote #28727
When in the pursuit of happiness Obstacles cross our way, When all seems lost...
Quote #27125
If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.
Quote #31517
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time...
Quote #18087
Our lives are like a candle in the wind.