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I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, . . . that I think there...
But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes...
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. . . I do not...
Opinions are made to be changed -- or how is truth to be got at?
Source: Letter, 9...
Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing...
The majority of those who put together collections of verses or epigrams resemble those who eat cherries or oysters:...
People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.
Source:...
The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the...
The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
The public! How many fools does it take to make a public?
Source: In The Speaker's...
The greatest masterpiece of literature is only a dictionary out of order.
Source:...
Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
Source: In The...
Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be...
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Fashion on the other hand, produces beautiful...
Tact in audacity consists in knowing how far we may go too far.
Source: Le Rappel p...
There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the...
With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads for us.
Source: In The...
Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that the idea is not quite clear to him.
Many a necklace becomes a noose.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...
Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.
Source: In The...