Quote #27174
Virtue is praised but hated. People run away from it, for it is ice-cold...
Quote #9804
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us,...
Quote #20036
Rough wind, that moanest loudGrief too sad for songWild wind, when sullen cloudKnells all...
Quote #23227
It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate – to...
Quote #6591
Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.
Quote #16199
Nothing is so frequent as to mistake an ordinary human gift for a special...
Quote #3586
It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible...
Quote #16291
There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.
Quote #20019
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
Quote #30284
I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of...