Quote #5892
A man’s worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
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The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his...
Quote #12868
Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
Quote #12396
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the...
Quote #20871
Music like religion, unconditionally brings in its train all the moral virtues to the...
Quote #6087
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a...
Quote #10207
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not...
Quote #18726
The fact that I was a bachelor provided two opportunities or two handles that...
Quote #351
He who would travel happily must travel light.
Quote #3732
He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.