Quote #21572
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority...
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Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments...
Quote #8589
Marriage: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress,...
Quote #8056
Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain...
Quote #17001
Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious....
Quote #24261
We cannot dispair of humanity, since we are ourselves human beings.
Quote #25083
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
Quote #21788
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and...
Quote #26103
You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re...
Quote #8958
Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt.