Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking

Then none was for a party;
Than all were for the state;
Then the great man helped read more

Then none was for a party;
Than all were for the state;
Then the great man helped the poor,
And the poor man loved the great:
Then lands were fairly portioned;
Then spoils were fairly sold:
The Romans were like brothers
In the brave days of old.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and read more

If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted.

United we stand; divided we fall

United we stand; divided we fall

Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd
Firm concord holds, men only disagree
Of creatures rational.

Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd
Firm concord holds, men only disagree
Of creatures rational.

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out read more

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out of the striving for a goal.

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.