Quote #17421
The tendency of an event to occur varies inversely with one’s preparation for it.
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Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other,...
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There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem,...
Quote #1532
He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
Quote #17054
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act...
Quote #806
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
Quote #15123
What’s terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you...
Quote #15605
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail if it...
Quote #18951
It is the first step of wisdom to recognize that the major advances in...
Quote #19687
Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights it is a change that...