Quote #2553
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
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If you want to understand democracy, spend less time in the library with Plato...
Quote #12148
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
Quote #12467
The envier praises me unknowingly.
Quote #29330
If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is...
Quote #6374
All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.
Quote #14131
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about...
Quote #28527
True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table...
Quote #28858
The happiest people seem to be Those who have no particular cause for being...
Quote #10769
Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.