Quote #11821
A good novel tells you the truth about its hero but a bad novel...
Quote #6594
The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.
Quote #12730
Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are.
Quote #4135
The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend...
Quote #16670
A half-truth is a whole lie.
Quote #17155
My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.
Quote #1731
Just the omission of Jane Austen’s books alone would make a fairly good library...
Quote #5388
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below Words without thoughts never to heaven...
Quote #21369
Keep cool and you command everybody.
Quote #7676
The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.