Quote #22292
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
Quote #15968
Every one wishes to have truth on his side, but it is not everyone...
Quote #15722
Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor;...
Quote #6045
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it – namely,...
Quote #33741
Ugly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly...
Quote #26821
I love criticism just so long as it’s unqualified praise.
Quote #33469
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Quote #8268
There is a homely old adage which runs: “Speak softly and carry a big...
Quote #9442
A poet is an unhappy being whose heart it torn by secret sufferings, but...
Quote #23258
God cannot alter the past, but historians can.