Quotes
Quotes to inspire and reflect
Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.
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Their understanding Begins to swell and the approaching tide Will shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy.
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Too little liberty brings stagnation and too much brings chaos.
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The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favor’s you have received.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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As was his language so was his life.
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An unpopular rule is never long maintained.
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All art is an imitation of nature.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Small communities grow great through harmony; great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.
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A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
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It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
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Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.
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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.
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If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him.
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Learning makes a man fit company for himself.
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The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
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Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
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Life without the courage for death is slavery.
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Refrain from doing ill; for one all-powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
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One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue.
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A healthy mind in a healthy body.
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Indeed, the dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution, is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into common places, but which all experience refutes.
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Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.
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Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.
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Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.
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We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
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You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.
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Your very silence shows you agree.
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Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.
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Do not speak quickly; it is a sign of insanity.
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Be rich to yourself and poor to your friends.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many.
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If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
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To perceive is to suffer.
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Law is mind without reason.
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It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.
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The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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