Quote #9014
We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once...
Quote #18227
I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly...
Quote #12559
has unquestionably one really effective weapon?laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution?these can lift...
Quote #31304
Accent is the soul of language it gives to it both feeling and truth.
Quote #4030
To make a man happy, fill his hands with work.
Quote #15783
In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.
Quote #26970
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once...
Quote #8476
Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health; everything unconditional belongs...
Quote #24109
One does not adopt a new idea, one slips into it.
Quote #17037
After enlightenment, the laundry.