Quote #1541
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Quote #417
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be...
Quote #12241
A mighty pain to love it is, and ’tis a pain that pain to...
Quote #7707
All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
Quote #10307
Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your...
Quote #2397
Everything actual must also first have been possible, before having actual existence.
Quote #11041
If you wish to be a sucess in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
Quote #19298
In general, in poetry and literature, I am among those people who believe that...
Quote #2494
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a...
Quote #6127
Learn to limit yourself, to content yourself with some definite thing, and some definite...