Quote #33973
To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
Quote #3222
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little...
Quote #3210
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what...
Quote #9399
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society...
Quote #15512
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by...
Quote #9047
The crime of suicide lies in its disregard for the feelings of those whom...
Quote #21948
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love...
Quote #18156
I can sympathise with people’s pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something...
Quote #12605
Books are the way the dead talk to the living.
Quote #847
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to...