Quote #13160
The chief proof of mans greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
Quote #26634
I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to...
Quote #20204
Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
Quote #21225
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not...
Quote #21003
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Quote #21641
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy for what we leave...
Quote #32584
Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair,...
Quote #3625
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
Quote #15198
We never get to love by hate, least of all by self-hatred.
Quote #13782
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under...