Quote #32611
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
Quote #19237
We are each of us angels with only one wing. And we can only...
Quote #15308
Imitation causes us to leave natural ways to enter into artificial ones; it therefore...
Quote #19471
Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it,...
Quote #9579
Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and...
Quote #13704
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end...
Quote #6079
Quotation … A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because...
Quote #10406
Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn...
Quote #21309
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Quote #18536
Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed....