Quote #2707
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Quote #26078
Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding.
Quote #291
I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.
Quote #14457
There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the...
Quote #795
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.
Quote #6577
Imagination is a quality given to man to compensate for what he is not,...
Quote #23548
…each of us has to find out for himself what is permitted and what...
Quote #19981
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom the music is nothing if the audience is...
Quote #34278
Hold a book in your hand and you’re a pilgrim at the gates of...
Quote #34196
To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our...