Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the…

Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede — not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can’t count above fourteen.

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As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones. There is so much goodness and ingenuity in a raindrop that an apothecary wouldn’t let it go for less than half-a-crown. - View Quote Details on As the few adepts in such things well know, universal…
I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested. - View Quote Details on I believe that man is in the last resort so…
The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle. - View Quote Details on The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to…
What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment is its misemployment. - View Quote Details on What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment…
The highest point a poor brain can reach from experience is the ability to find out the weaknesses of superior people. - View Quote Details on The highest point a poor brain can reach from experience…
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. - View Quote Details on Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought…
One of the main conveniences of marriage is that if you can’t stand a visitor, you can pass him along to your wife. - View Quote Details on One of the main conveniences of marriage is that if…
There are two ways of extending life: firstly by moving the two points “born” and “died” farther away from one another… The other method is to go more slowly and leave the two points wherever God wills they should be, and this method is for the philosophers. - View Quote Details on There are two ways of extending life: firstly by moving…
My inquiries into physics could perhaps be given the title: legacies. For people do also bequeath trifles, after all. - View Quote Details on My inquiries into physics could perhaps be given the title:…
It is almost impossible to bear the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody’s beard. - View Quote Details on It is almost impossible to bear the torch of truth…