Quote #8426
The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals...
Quote #14692
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us that injury that provokes...
Quote #33758
I don’t like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
Quote #18898
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the...
Quote #20638
My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute best of...
Quote #15454
The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.
Quote #33919
Our friends show us what we can do our enemies teach us what we...
Quote #26859
I leave this rule for others when I’m dead, Be always sure you’re right–then...
Quote #14195
Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.
Quote #17086
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading...