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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.
They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.
They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. read more
To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure. -Joseph Joubert.
Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of read more
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.
Space is to place as eternity is to time.
Space is to place as eternity is to time.
