Quotes 421 till 440 of 607.
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The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all ages is - Imbecility; imbecility in the vast majority of men, at all times, and, even in heroes, in all but certain eminent moments; victims of gravity, custom, and fear.
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The laws of each are convertible into the laws of any other.
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The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.
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The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.
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The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
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The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.
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The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
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The masses have no habit of self reliance or original action.
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The measure of a great leader, is their success in bringing everyone around to their opinion twenty years later.
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The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?
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The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.
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The most dangerous thing is illusion.
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The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself, is to quote one.
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The nobler the truth or sentiment, the less imports the question of authorship.
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The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. He plies the slow, unhonored, and unpaid task of observation. He is the world's eye.
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The only gift is a portion of thyself.
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The only prudence in life is concentration.
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The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
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The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion.
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The only thing grief as taught me is to know how shallow it is.
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