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Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the w ... Read Full Quote
Knowledge is power. ... Read Full Quote
If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintai ... Read Full Quote
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathemat ... Read Full Quote
Men in Great Place are thrice Servants Servants of the ... Read Full Quote
It is as natural to die as to be born and to a little i ... Read Full Quote
The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than a sp ... Read Full Quote
Believe not much them that seem to despise riches, for ... Read Full Quote
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will mak ... Read Full Quote
There is little friendship in the world, and least of a ... Read Full Quote
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ... Read Full Quote
I think we have more machinery of government than is ne ... Read Full Quote
Nothing is more damaging to a state than that cunning m ... Read Full Quote
Silence is the virtue of fools. ... Read Full Quote
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. ... Read Full Quote
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and ... Read Full Quote
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from li ... Read Full Quote
Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. ... Read Full Quote
Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the pro ... Read Full Quote
Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlea ... Read Full Quote
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than ... Read Full Quote
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation. ... Read Full Quote
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. ... Read Full Quote
We cannot command nature except by obeying her. ... Read Full Quote
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies but we do ... Read Full Quote
There is as much difference between the counsel that a ... Read Full Quote
Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some ... Read Full Quote
It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is saf ... Read Full Quote
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friend ... Read Full Quote
Man, being the servant and interpreter of nature, can d ... Read Full Quote
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, bu ... Read Full Quote
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evi ... Read Full Quote
Histories make men wise poets, witty the mathematics, s ... Read Full Quote
For those who intend to discover and to understand, not ... Read Full Quote
If any human being earnestly desire to push on to new d ... Read Full Quote
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The ... Read Full Quote
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts bu ... Read Full Quote
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what ... Read Full Quote
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. ... Read Full Quote
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild bea ... Read Full Quote
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in d ... Read Full Quote
It is impossible to love and to be wise. ... Read Full Quote
Nothing is to be feared but fear. ... Read Full Quote
The general root of superstition is that men observe wh ... Read Full Quote
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and ... Read Full Quote
Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natura ... Read Full Quote
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ... Read Full Quote
Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend ... Read Full Quote
Natural abilities are like natural plants they need pru ... Read Full Quote
No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vant ... Read Full Quote
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books. ... Read Full Quote
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. ... Read Full Quote
Death is a friend of ours and he that is not ready to e ... Read Full Quote
By far the best proof is experience. ... Read Full Quote
He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many. ... Read Full Quote
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant ... Read Full Quote
I have taken all knowledge to by my province. ... Read Full Quote
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest ... Read Full Quote
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy but ... Read Full Quote
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, an ... Read Full Quote
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's ... Read Full Quote
Houses are built to live in, not to look on therefore, ... Read Full Quote
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, w ... Read Full Quote
Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection. ... Read Full Quote
In charity there is no excess. ... Read Full Quote
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strange ... Read Full Quote