Quote #18610
Hope is the denial of reality.
Quote #29747
The essential matter of history is not what happened but what people thought or...
Quote #16500
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
Quote #30965
Under a ragged coat lies wisdom.
Quote #7551
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
Quote #20301
In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.
Quote #28468
Half the failures of this world arise from pulling in one’s horse as he...
Quote #25879
Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double...
Quote #6126
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world;...
Quote #2996
I derive no pleasure from talking with a young woman simply because she has...