Quote #927
Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.
Quote #19374
I’ll sleep when I’m dead.
Quote #16910
Part of the power of Emerson’s individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that...
Quote #7485
The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man,...
Quote #17449
I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful,...
Quote #12945
The question is not whether you’re frightened or not, but whether you or the...
Quote #3365
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
Quote #9767
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class...
Quote #16598
One cannot both feast and become rich.
Quote #5815
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of...