Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.