Quote #595
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their pedestals.
Quote #34090
The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that...
Quote #28931
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring...
Quote #161
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second...
Quote #4145
It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did...
Quote #5990
Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck — but, most of...
Quote #10798
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would...
Quote #25519
The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.
Quote #27814
One doesn’t have a sense of humor. It has you.
Quote #15281
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late...