Barbara W. Tuchman Quote

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

These examples and many others demonstrate an alarming trend whereby the privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may...

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.