A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

Quote by Friedrich Von Schiller

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A healthy nature needs no God or immortality

A healthy nature needs no God or immortality

Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God

Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God

Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.

Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.

Love is the reward of love

Love is the reward of love

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Votes should be weighed, not counted

Votes should be weighed, not counted

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge...

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge...

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs...

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will...

In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will...

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight