Quote #17676
The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
Quote #7046
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
Quote #15965
According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of...
Quote #8527
We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and...
Quote #23070
I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees...
Quote #1482
She wanted something to happen – something, anything: she did not know what.
Quote #31108
If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary...
Quote #31671
An educated man … is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries...
Quote #5327
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he...
Quote #895
Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it — badly.