Quote #7941
I came upstairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.
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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one...
Quote #30103
The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model,...
Quote #20195
I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we...
Quote #28918
America is not like a blanket-one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the...
Quote #15629
The perfection preached in the Gospels never yet built up an empire. Every man...
Quote #10864
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
Quote #12491
You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire,...
Quote #9790
When the destroyer comes, his first act will be to destroy all the books.
Quote #23215
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government...