Quote #1720
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of...
Quote #29982
Deus ex machina A god from the machine
Quote #13422
How does the poet transform his banal thoughts (are not most thoughts banal?) into...
Quote #14501
Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.
Quote #10964
At the beginning of a great national change, the patriot is a scarce man:...
Quote #13016
I do not know the American gentleman, god forgive me for putting two such...
Quote #21214
For those who intend to discover and to understand, not to indulge in conjectures...
Quote #11232
A person should want to live, if only out of curiosity.
Quote #7918
Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.