Quote #17479
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Quote #27391
Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the...
Quote #33476
Cranes carry this heavy mystical baggage. They’re icons of fidelity and happiness. The Vietnamese...
Quote #30618
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us–avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these...
Quote #5286
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are and doing things...
Quote #7961
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all...
Quote #21737
Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly...
Quote #25405
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
Quote #32871
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don’t, it is easier...
Quote #2058
A pessimist is a person who has to listen to too many optimists.