Quote #9812
There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man. We are made up of...
Quote #14164
There are authors who write to communicate, there are authors who write to impress...
Quote #1038
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
Quote #6802
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness...
Quote #4436
To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
Quote #17930
Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
Quote #15583
The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary...
Quote #1820
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Quote #7195
Woe to the house where the hen crows and the rooster is still.
Quote #21773
Idealism is what precedes experience cynicism is what follows.