Quote #11538
Jargon allows us to camouflage intellectual poverty with verbal extravagance.
Quote #6769
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
Quote #31107
The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and...
Quote #24184
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it...
Quote #33942
Know’st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in...
Quote #30461
The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.
Quote #26657
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
Quote #16805
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume...
Quote #19094
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dreamFor the soul is...
Quote #17349
Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.