Quote #15759
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.
Quote #16055
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
Quote #18449
If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As...
Quote #5897
Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself.
Quote #5698
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in...
Quote #11258
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
Quote #16502
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to...
Quote #31309
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of...
Quote #25187
The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him...
Quote #22770
This is patently absurd but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not...