Quote #6663
We hate the very idea that our own ideas may be mistaken, so we...
Quote #10471
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
Quote #3840
He who would leap high must take a long run.
Quote #962
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
Quote #1624
A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
Quote #486
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown...
Quote #8210
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything...
Quote #31150
Historical reminder Always put Horace before Descartes.
Quote #30016
Continental people have sex-lives the English have hot-water bottles.
Quote #10068
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.