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In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered. - [Motive] In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it could not be without the aid of these. - [Trees] In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straightforward, and springs from the heart. - [Friendship] In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to their fellow creatures. - [Proverbs] It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit. - [Talent] It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked. - [Conscience] It is a truth but too well known, that rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age. - [Youth] It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul. - [Bravery] It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves. - [Selfishness] It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves. - [Virtue] It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor. - [Exercise] It is folly to tear one's hair in sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness. - [Grief] It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane. - [Grace] It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office. - [Government] It is not enough merely to possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practised. - [Virtue] It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself. - [Opinion] It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good. - [Proverbs] It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others, and to forget his own. - [Proverbs] It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be cured by baldness. - [Proverbs] It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul. - [Soul] Judge not by the number, but by the weight. - [Quality] Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency, in giving them no offence. - [Justice] Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind. [Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.] - adapted from "Acad. Quaest.", 4, 41 [Learning] Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches. - [Learning] Let each man have according to his deserts. - [Proverbs] Displaying page 4 of 19 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
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