Excellent things are rare.

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Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear...

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong...

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong...

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose...

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.