Quote #4594
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
Quote #10368
The ingenuity of the device blinds us to its utter uselessness.
Quote #7545
Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance...
Quote #9199
My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too...
Quote #27225
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and...
Quote #21353
The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however...
Quote #1597
He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays –...
Quote #4897
The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.
Quote #12053
The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object...
Quote #13937
One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best...