Quote #13748
I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a...
Quote #5557
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
Quote #9415
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits....
Quote #16892
The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and...
Quote #19053
Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
Quote #15355
At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
Quote #20240
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power...
Quote #2898
Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we...
Quote #5096
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices so climbing is performed in...
Quote #8055
He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.