Quote #34442
How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire
Quote #13486
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe...
Quote #5621
The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is...
Quote #7937
The only certainty is that nothing is certain.
Quote #24692
Many a crown of wisdom is but the golden chamberpot of success, worn with...
Quote #25169
The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
Quote #6625
Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible...
Quote #32539
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people...
Quote #30098
To philosophize is nothing else than to prepare oneself for death.
Quote #5008
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.