When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

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Never take a wife till thou hast a house and a fire to put her...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house and a fire to put her...

Our necessities never equal our wants

Our necessities never equal our wants

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is...

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things

Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Industry need not wish.

Industry need not wish.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither...

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither...