His [the author's] renown has been purchased, not by deeds of violence and blood, but by the diligent dispensation of pleasure.

The great British Library - an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one…

The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this …

There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human n…

Where the heart is full of kindness which seeks no injury to another, either in act or thought or wish, this full love creates an atmosphere of harmony, whose …

Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.

The leading force in the struggle for peace and for strengthening cooperation among the peoples is the Soviet Union.