Quote #33349
After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.
Quote #24580
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there...
Quote #7000
Strong reasons make strong actions.
Quote #6157
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.
Quote #31136
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
Quote #14671
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Quote #6732
Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.
Quote #17986
With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try...
Quote #22067
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we...
Quote #1723
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and...