Quote #24649
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
Quote #10564
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
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What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions...
Quote #28230
There should be a detective show called ‘Johnny Monkey,’ because every week you could...
Quote #15529
Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.
Quote #22302
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are...
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Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one...
Quote #33572
The world loves to be deceived.
Quote #26588
The maxim of the British people is ‘Business as Usual.’