Quote #11955
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget...
Quote #25799
Men, in general, are but great children.
Quote #30959
When a thing is done, advice comes too late.
Quote #27297
Nothing succeeds like success.
Quote #20407
That government is best which governs least. – from Civil Disobedience
Quote #4165
A young man is embarrassed to question an older one.
Quote #2118
Sometimes when reading Goethe I have a paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to...
Quote #11696
Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas. (No one sees what is...
Quote #6571
Life imitates art more than art imitates life.
Quote #3630
The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they...