Quote #18003
When a thing is new, people say ‘It is not true.’ Later, when its...
Quote #4650
His only fault is that he has no fault.
Quote #20407
That government is best which governs least. – from Civil Disobedience
Quote #14356
To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is...
Quote #17636
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
Quote #27447
I used to think that the Civil War was our country’s greatest tragedy, but...
Quote #25026
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
Quote #33609
Do not judge men by mere appearances for the light laughter that bubbles on...
Quote #2129
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers.
Quote #14195
Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.