Quote #13657
Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.
Quote #15859
Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, yet he makes gods...
Quote #18480
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
Quote #3910
Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses.
Quote #862
May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows your dead
Quote #22444
Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence.
Quote #33984
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that...
Quote #11659
The moment that any of us begins to trade principle for approval we give...
Quote #11332
At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to...
Quote #21363
It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to...