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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical...

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical...

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when...

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon...

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon...

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come...

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come...

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

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...

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous....

Your silence gives consent.

Your silence gives consent.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts...

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts...