Quote #25740
The study of history is the beginning of political wisdom.
Quote #7776
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it...
Quote #8718
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only...
Quote #27791
We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former...
Quote #21500
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is...
Quote #13356
Clearly he had his own strange way of judging things. I suspect he acquired...
Quote #7949
Beauty is handed out as undemocratically as inherited peerages, and beautiful people have done...
Quote #7574
The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit...
Quote #3595
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
Quote #29715
He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays –...