Quote #18889
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before...
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Prudent people are very happy ’tis an exceeding fine thing, that’s certain, but I...
Quote #20999
There is always someone worse off than yourself.
Quote #21263
The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is ‘look under foot.’ You are...
Quote #19686
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.
Quote #4303
Trees, though they are cut and lopped, grow up again quickly, but if men...
Quote #26132
Man only of all earthly creatures, asks, Can the dead die forever – and...
Quote #10381
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written...
Quote #3219
Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.
Quote #33935
The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his...