Quote #21633
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what...
Quote #20533
Wherever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
Quote #11715
Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable...
Quote #1011
The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a...
Quote #4806
There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions...
Quote #4799
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
Quote #3166
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
Quote #10465
Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudices, and principles that have...
Quote #12764
I felt like poisoning a monk.
Quote #3527
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the...