Quote #26977
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend...
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They can expect nothing but their labour for their pains.
Quote #34081
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time it is regret...
Quote #24470
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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‘Art’ is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers....
Quote #7508
When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, simply drop it.
Quote #20837
When holy and devout religious men Are at their beads, ’tis hard to draw...
Quote #20755
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Quote #4308
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
Quote #3078
My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author...