If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no reason could be given at all why a mirror or looking-glass should not understand; whereas it cannot so much as sensibly perceive those images which it receives and reflects to us.
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Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
No man is free who is not a master of himself.
No man is free who is not a master of himself.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while read more
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive read more
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.
If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly read more
If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
