Quote #19931
Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Quote #32862
In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and...
Quote #3010
We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them...
Quote #30318
When I was young, I was sure of many things now there are only...
Quote #24511
Building castles in the air, and making yourself a laughing-stock.
Quote #24125
Insanity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Quote #23235
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely...
Quote #30953
Words must be weighed, not counted.
Quote #11836
A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a...
Quote #64
My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.