Quote #7159
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age,...
Quote #28878
Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind, and...
Quote #2554
I have an existential map. It has “You are here” written all over it.
Quote #2968
That orgy of wishful thinking that has passed for logic in the present century.
Quote #19610
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions,...
Quote #32611
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
Quote #1423
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
Quote #27860
When a man dwells on the objects of sense, he creates an attraction for...
Quote #5301
There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas.
Quote #24574
Nothing is really so poor and melancholy as art that is interested in itself...