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Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins read more
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, and tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of read more
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.