Quote #12187
The man who rolls up his sleeves seldom loses his shirt.
Quote #18110
Education…has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is...
Quote #21172
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
Quote #16910
Part of the power of Emerson’s individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that...
Quote #1131
Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence...
Quote #12316
If growing up is the process of creating ideas and dreams about what life...
Quote #16306
I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.
Quote #12458
There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of...
Quote #5495
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
Quote #4807
My friend is one… who take me for what I am.