Quote #811
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience...
Quote #3302
To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.
Quote #21039
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Quote #17930
Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
Quote #1589
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
Quote #18919
I think we’re losing our sense of humor instead of being able to relax...
Quote #1702
Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned. – Notebook, 1898
Quote #15229
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who...
Quote #17597
Recently, someone asked me if I believed in astrology. He seemed somewhat puzzled when...
Quote #11628
A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.