Quotes
Quotes to inspire and reflect
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
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He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.
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The wise man carries his possessions within him.
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A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.
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The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.
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Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure.
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The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
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Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with Ignorance.
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It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.
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What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing--to live in accord with his nature.
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I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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We most often go astray on a well-trodden and much frequented road.
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The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.
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The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.
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Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.
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The appearance of right of leads us wrong.
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I will not add another word.
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Faults are soon copied.
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The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.
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If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.
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Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty.
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It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities.
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I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge.
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Self-discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
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The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong.
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A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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Our thoughts are free.
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Thought is the fountain of speech.
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It is a great thing to know our vices.
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Strain every nerve to gain your point.
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Strong reasons make strong actions.
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No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
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Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
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It is a true saying that "One falsehood leads easily to another".
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