Quote #1707
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has...
Quote #15172
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or...
Quote #1700
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in...
Quote #29008
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress...
Quote #24468
God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
Quote #3352
Take only pictures, steal only time, leave only footprints.
Quote #22363
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they...
Quote #25780
Parenting is a negative thing. Keep your children from killing themselves, or anyone else,...
Quote #31426
To Tennessee Williams, children were ‘no-neck monsters,’ while William Wordsworth apotheosized the newborn infant...
Quote #29958
There is always an easy solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and...