Quote #989
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Quote #12488
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Quote #24914
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life...
Quote #14184
Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable,...
Quote #7621
Mistake not. Those pleasures are not pleasures that trouble the quiet and tranquillity of...
Quote #6322
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the...
Quote #1852
If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.
Quote #6871
Poetry should please by a fine excess and not by singularity. It should strike...
Quote #4879
This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers…. There...
Quote #15897
Whereas in art nothing worth doing can be done without genius, in science even...