Benjamin Disraeli
View AuthorNothing reveals a person's character as reliably as their voice.
Juan Donoso Cortés
View AuthorNothing sits so well on the brow of the victor as a crown of modesty.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorSometimes it happens to us that people we don't know inspire a sudden interest in us when we see them for the first time, even before exchanging a word with them.
Alexandre Dumas (fils)
View AuthorAll generalizations are dangerous, including this one.
Aeschylus of Eleusis
View AuthorIt's a kind of natural disease for the powerful to not be able to trust their friends.
William Faulkner
View AuthorOne can trust bad people, they never change.
William Faulkner
View AuthorNever waste time regretting mistakes. Just don't forget them.
Phaedrus
View AuthorHe who does not know how to be courteous, invites the punishments of pride.
Benito Jerónimo Feijoó
View AuthorScience has its hypocrites no less than virtue, and the common people are no less deceived by the former than by the latter. Many unlearned individuals pass themselves off as wise.
Fénelon
View AuthorPride is useful, every man should be proud.
Fénelon
View AuthorJust as too much authority corrupts kings, so luxury poisons an entire nation.
Fénelon
View AuthorFrankness in women is almost always an inconsistency.