Quote #1889
The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and I intend to keep trying until...
Quote #6864
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his...
Quote #15864
Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline and who manage to grow up before they...
Quote #19308
The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.
Quote #5551
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.
Quote #12626
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be...
Quote #3719
Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.
Quote #2420
I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the...
Quote #3904
How many observe Christ’s birthday How few, his precepts O ’tis easier to keep...