Quote #281
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears...
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Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach...
Quote #1539
It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to...
Quote #17170
Formerly a public man needed a private secretary for a barrier between himself and...
Quote #12194
Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering...
Quote #11698
Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse.
Quote #15555
A good name, like good will, is attained by many actions and may be...
Quote #16855
Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of...
Quote #12928
What is hardest to accept about the passage of time is that the people...
Quote #329
It may be irrational of me, but human beings are quite my favorite species.