Quote #31828
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Quote #15318
One loses all the time which he might employ to better purpose.
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Children are very nice observers, and will often perceive your sligthest defects. In general,...
Quote #15474
“Luck” is a very good word if you put a P before it.
Quote #17944
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes chance, nature, compulsion,...
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Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country,...
Quote #4787
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what...
Quote #19668
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and...
Quote #33581
Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble...
Quote #7266
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary...