Quote #5746
Knowledge without know-how is sterile. We use the word “academic” in a pejorative sense...
Quote #483
Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own...
Quote #23221
This institution will be based upon the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For...
Quote #24875
We can all be angels to one another. We can choose to obey the...
Quote #20799
Oh, thou hast a damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint....
Quote #928
Thought: why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only for food:...
Quote #621
The eleventh commandment — Thou shalt not be found out — is the only...
Quote #1793
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no...
Quote #6167
Too often we…enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
Quote #23825
Nothing is stronger than habit.