Quote #567
Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.
Quote #7531
Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.
Quote #14148
When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.
Quote #11181
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
Quote #17745
When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby...
Quote #10769
Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.
Quote #23245
My loathings are simple stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
Quote #11574
The “highest” states of mind held up before mankind by christianity as of supreme...
Quote #22168
If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.
Quote #22318
A friend is, as it were, a second self.