Quote #904
Formerly a public man needed a private secretary for a barrier between himself and...
Quote #17770
The world is proof that God is a committee.
Quote #4850
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Quote #14267
Ignorance is the mother of fear.
Quote #12469
Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we...
Quote #5272
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour...
Quote #500
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can...
Quote #313
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
Quote #10791
Playing seems to be both disinterested and passionate at the same time disinterested in...
Quote #12800
Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever...