Quote #28010
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim.
Quote #9527
In the whole wretched business there was something generous that was doing its best...
Quote #22084
You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
Quote #23081
Learn that the present hour alone is man’s.
Quote #10149
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed:...
Quote #8352
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people...
Quote #22699
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in...
Quote #6930
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits....
Quote #6086
He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple...
Quote #3387
Nothing ever is done in this world until men are prepared to kill one...