Quote #17450
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.
Quote #14729
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons...
Quote #21708
Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
Quote #18942
Success is the child of audacity.
Quote #4279
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
Quote #14547
There are more of them than us.
Quote #21213
Histories make men wise poets, witty the mathematics, subtle natural philosophy, deep moral, grave...
Quote #21304
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who...
Quote #20742
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
Quote #10865
A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.