Quote #20802
The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to...
Quote #22723
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of...
Quote #27551
There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn’t be. He...
Quote #31080
Adversity makes men wise but not rich.
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Talents are best nurtured in solitude; but character is best formed in the stormy...
Quote #4313
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!
Quote #13977
Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
Quote #19942
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
Quote #24088
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs,...