Quote #1753
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
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The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else....
Quote #19579
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be...
Quote #12876
There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty...
Quote #8468
That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of...
Quote #9339
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can...
Quote #2679
If you don’t learn to laugh at troubles, you won’t have anything to laugh...
Quote #7311
At last is Hector stretch’d upon the plain,Who fear’d no vengeance for Patroclus slainThen,...
Quote #18204
It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be...
Quote #20003
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age,...