Quote #22784
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.
Quote #11172
A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part...
Quote #29302
Wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were...
Quote #1706
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible...
Quote #7039
Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune.
Quote #18761
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane...
Quote #5197
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Quote #25309
Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being...
Quote #16216
The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not...