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Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent. - [Authorship] Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection. - [Success] Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable. - [Superstition] Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity. - [Taste] Tenderness is the repose of passion. - [Tenderness] That which astonishes, astonishes once; but whatever is admirable becomes more and more admired. - [Admiration] The abridgments of wisdom. - [Proverbs (General)] The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. - [Argument] The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far-reaching, while the former is altogether wanting. - [Eloquence] The beautiful invariably possesses a visible and a hidden beauty; and it is certain that no style is so beautiful as that which presents to the attentive reader a half-hidden meaning. - [Style] The Bible is to religion what the Iliad is to poetry. - [Bible] The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness. - [Mob] The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason. - [Life] The evening of a well spent life brings its lamps with it. - [Old Age] The evening of life brings with it its lamps. - [Age] The God of metaphysics is but an idea. But the God of religion, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sovereign Judge of actions and thoughts, is a power. - [God] The great objection to new books is that they prevent our reading old ones. - [Books] The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed. - [Joy] The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first. - [Words] The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections. - [Style] The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight. - [Writing] The mind is the atmosphere of the soul. - [Mind] The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts. - [Art] The pain of dispute exceeds by much its utility. All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf I am dumb. - [Dispute] The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable. - [Passion] Displaying page 6 of 9 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9
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