Quote #30260
We protest against unjust criticism, but we accept unearned applause.
Quote #33751
I hate music, especially when it’s played.
Quote #19520
Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.
Quote #30276
The Great Spirit, who made all things, made every thing for some use, and...
Quote #5277
As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty...
Quote #22776
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that...
Quote #27937
Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side...
Quote #30475
Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of...
Quote #3668
The demonstration that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery and...
Quote #14950
Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.