Quote #14076
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
Quote #2296
Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
Quote #16000
The best soldiers are not warlike.
Quote #16037
He that thinks himself the wisest is generally the least so.
Quote #6522
Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of...
Quote #13579
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in...
Quote #8125
No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.
Quote #25366
That’s what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always...
Quote #19098
The holiest of holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart The...
Quote #8029
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood...