Quote #29082
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
Quote #18903
Every moment of one’s existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.
Quote #20853
Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man’s ingratitude.
Quote #17253
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
Quote #30545
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
Quote #17236
If a man has his throat cut in Paris, it’s a murder. If 50,000...
Quote #7833
The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a...
Quote #15990
Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification.
Quote #11862
I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world, is discovery.
Quote #20151
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.