Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
Philosophy is the highest music.
Beauty and folly are old companions.
There is a woman at the begining of all great things.
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.
There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.
Hatred is inveterate anger.
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.
Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number for number is either what has been, or what can be, counted.
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
There is no original truth, only original error.
Toleration is the best religion.
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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