Quote #15681
A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.
Quote #30237
My loathings are simple stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do...
Quote #16978
So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much...
Quote #26654
Each time we re-read a book we get more out of it because we...
Quote #7697
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several–from foolish vanity,...
Quote #8157
Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into...
Quote #18886
People sleep peacably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready...
Quote #24549
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of...
Quote #709
We are the total of our longings.