Quote #1990
Man is more ape than many of the apes.
Quote #9770
Why should I do anything for posterity? What has posterity ever done for me?
Quote #11357
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Quote #24506
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Quote #457
When you were quite a little boy, somebody ought to have said “hush’ just...
Quote #27694
The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government...
Quote #4278
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can...
Quote #9275
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others,...
Quote #21681
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Quote #521
Egotism — usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.