The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him...

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him...

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man...

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in...

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in...

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong...

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong...

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous...

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals