Quote #19481
The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.
Quote #2682
Life is either always a tight-rope or a featherbed. Give me a tight-rope.
Quote #3345
Vox populi, vox humbug.
Quote #11095
It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death,...
Quote #15832
A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time.
Quote #15172
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or...
Quote #2012
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the...
Quote #9587
The greatest improvement is made by the man who works most intelligently.
Quote #14783
Society is now one polished horde, — Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores...
Quote #3206
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as...