Thought and Reason
It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.4.0 · 34 votes · 22 reads
Thought and Reason
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.5.0 · 56 votes · 75 reads
Feelings
It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.4.5 · 9 votes · 26 reads
Art and Culture
Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.4.0 · 23 votes · 135 reads
Thought and Reason
Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.4.7 · 19 votes · 144 reads
Nature
Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago.4.0 · 24 votes · 156 reads
Thought and Reason
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.4.6 · 16 votes · 92 reads
Government and Politics
Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.4.6 · 57 votes · 20 reads
Art and Culture
Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian.3.2 · 64 votes · 48 reads
Government and Politics
Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.3.9 · 30 votes · 172 reads
Art and Culture
The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading.4.7 · 40 votes · 113 reads
Government and Politics
The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.4.6 · 60 votes · 104 reads
Art and Culture
The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.4.7 · 37 votes · 140 reads
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