Quote #16766
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch...
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Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
Quote #17656
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only...
Quote #18511
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up,...
Quote #16845
To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole...
Quote #23607
Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
Quote #14030
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Quote #28468
Half the failures of this world arise from pulling in one’s horse as he...
Quote #8253
Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.
Quote #24867
It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and...