Quotes 21 till 40 of 51.
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He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.
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I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
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In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man.
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It is good to pray for the repair of mistakes, but praying earlier would keep us from making so many. When puzzled, go to prayer and listen.
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Keep your heart right, even when it is sorely wounded.
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Life is a great and noble game between the citizen and the government.
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Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle.
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Men of great conversational powers almost universally practice a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors.
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Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear.
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One should, I think, always give children money, for they will spend it for themselves far more profitably than we can ever spend it for them.
A casual commentary -
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.
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Politeness has well been defined as benevolence in small things.
Essays (Boswell) -
Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.
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She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.
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Sleeping in a bed - it is, apparently, of immense importance. Against those who sleep, from choice or necessity, elsewhere society feels righteously hostile. It is not done. It is disorderly, anarchical.
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Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
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The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
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The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.
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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
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