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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Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in...

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in...

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...

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...

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers....

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers....

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

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...

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should...

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should...

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak...

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak...

Peoples are made of hate and of love, and more of hate than love.

Peoples are made of hate and of love, and more of hate than love.

If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that...

If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that...

Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it...

Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it...

A selfish man is a thief.

A selfish man is a thief.

Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.

Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance...

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance...

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the...

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the...

Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve...

Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve...

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...

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and...

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and...

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts...

The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts...