Quote #12734
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you...
Quote #24562
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than...
Quote #5349
They say the sun never sets over the British Empire, but it rises every...
Quote #6498
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there...
Quote #15143
Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing...
Quote #23423
Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope the same, without such opinion,...
Quote #23706
It is cruel to discover one’s mediocrity only when it is too late.
Quote #333
If a word in the dictionary were mispelled, how would we know?
Quote #24424
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance...
Quote #4192
Not even the gods fight against necessity.