Quote #17656
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only...
Quote #23508
Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
Quote #6325
So you see, imagination needs moodling – long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.
Quote #15628
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.
Quote #20783
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
Quote #20488
What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet...
Quote #22306
A home without books is a body without soul.
Quote #1945
Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy
Quote #28014
Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. … the unique and the...
Quote #25827
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit...