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Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based...

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based...

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below...

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below...

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below...

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below...

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic...

Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being...

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously...

There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously...

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by...

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart...

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart...

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as...

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as...

A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle...

A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle...

I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps...

I take it that what all men are really after is some form of, perhaps...

Death is really a great blessing for humanity without it there could be no real...

Death is really a great blessing for humanity without it there could be no real...

That's not serious; it's just human.

That's not serious; it's just human.

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a...

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares...

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares...

There are two kinds of people in this world - those who divide everything into...

There are two kinds of people in this world - those who divide everything into...