Quote #15926
He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser.
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Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people....
Quote #7036
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with...
Quote #14477
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable...
Quote #9243
To be beneficent when we can is a duty; and besides this, there are...
Quote #18889
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before...
Quote #33703
A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet....
Quote #13696
Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.
Quote #23099
Keeping accounts, Sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own...
Quote #31744
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.