Quote #1739
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid; you must...
Quote #5385
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Quote #21814
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is...
Quote #16952
I like to have a man’s knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics,...
Quote #820
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by...
Quote #9400
Genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum.
Quote #14191
In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody...
Quote #22295
Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
Quote #30944
It takes ten pounds of common sense to carry one pound of learning.
Quote #2987
Ignorance is the mother of admiration.