Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo.

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But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed...

But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed...

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to...

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to...

We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering,...

We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering,...

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

It is the duty of man to raise up man.

It is the duty of man to raise up man.

We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.

We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and...

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and...

One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve.

One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve.

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he...

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he...

He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.

He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.

Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in...

Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in...

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets...

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets...

The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just...

The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just...

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than...

A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than...

The nation that buys commands, the nation that sells serves; it is necessary to balance...

The nation that buys commands, the nation that sells serves; it is necessary to balance...

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be...

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be...