Quote #32889
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
Quote #27119
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not...
Quote #22102
‘That is indisputable,’ was the answer, ‘but in this country it is a good...
Quote #27051
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
Quote #20565
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
Quote #17004
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has...
Quote #34250
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be...
Quote #16829
Men are what their mothers made them.
Quote #18991
Carry the battle to them. Don’t let them bring it to you. Put them...
Quote #27632
The historian must have some conceptions of how men who are not historians behave.