A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing. Votes: 5
The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion. Votes: 0
The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions. Votes: 0
There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon. Votes: 0
The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them. Votes: 0
A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy. Votes: 0
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously. Votes: 0
All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. Votes: 0
Words are clothes that thoughts wear Votes: 0
Nobody shoots at Santa Claus. Votes: 0
Be virtuous and you will be vicious. Votes: 0
Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances. Votes: 0
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. Votes: 0
[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's. Votes: 0
Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him. Votes: 0
Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds Votes: 0
History is a bucket of ashes. Votes: 0
How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents? Votes: 0
If a man knows not life which he hath seen, how shall he know death, which he hath not seen? Votes: 0
Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so. Votes: 0
Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental. Votes: 0
Since God himself cannot change the past, He is obliged to tolerate the existence of historians. Votes: 0
Spare the rod and spoil the child. Votes: 0
There is a photographer in every bush, going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Votes: 0
There is no bore like a clever bore. Votes: 0