America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimagininative.
Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live.
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.