Quote #27118
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
Quote #17092
We rarely think that people have good sense unless they agree with us.
Quote #18733
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in...
Quote #17240
What a grand thing, to be loved What a grander thing still, to love
Quote #26127
There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable...
Quote #2541
Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been...
Quote #17191
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall...
Quote #20214
It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.
Quote #2390
The prelude to Tristan and Isolde sounded as if a bomb had fallen into...
Quote #34541
A great preservative against angry and mutinous thoughts, and all impatience and quarreling, is...