Quote #7573
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
Quote #15965
According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of...
Quote #23088
As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which...
Quote #16778
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world the unreasonable one persists in trying...
Quote #14696
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
Quote #1803
Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the...
Quote #331
The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of...
Quote #14080
A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so...
Quote #19293
It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be...
Quote #12947
When a man marries, he has fulfilled half of (his) faith. So let him...