Quote #22606
All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.
Quote #33656
If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him...
Quote #8605
The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the...
Quote #12091
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the governing of himself....
Quote #16678
From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, There’s nothing worth...
Quote #4751
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
Quote #17236
If a man has his throat cut in Paris, it’s a murder. If 50,000...
Quote #19948
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
Quote #6513
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of...
Quote #15762
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.