Quote #6255
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of...
Quote #13456
The chimerical pursuit of perfection is always linked to some important deficiency, frequently the...
Quote #12342
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in...
Quote #7568
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.
Quote #15459
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.
Quote #4191
‘We are always doing’, says he, ‘something for Posterity, but I would fain see...
Quote #2442
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening...
Quote #9536
The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.
Quote #18934
We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are...
Quote #11052
Men, in general, are but great children.