Quote #7137
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Quote #281
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Quote #14382
I do not mean to suggest that our handsome, newly enlarged library is to...
Quote #9294
More and more I come to value charity and love of one’s fellow being...
Quote #4595
The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.
Quote #6649
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
Quote #15607
A formula for answering controversial letters — without even reading the letters Dear Sir...
Quote #7961
Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.
Quote #13439
Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.
Quote #3719
Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.