Quote #15925
Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love...
Quote #30319
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
Quote #23214
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and...
Quote #1753
When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance.
Quote #8640
In obedience there is always fear, and fear darkens the mind.
Quote #32671
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm...
Quote #15763
Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in...
Quote #15797
In false quarrels there is no true valor.
Quote #1266
But, my dearest Agathon, it is truth which you cannot contradict; you can without...
Quote #31928
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and...