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...

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.

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,...

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...

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.

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend...

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend...

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...

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm...

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm...

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

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...

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...

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.

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...

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

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...

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is...

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is...

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...

One does not fight corruption by fighting corruption.

One does not fight corruption by fighting corruption.

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...