I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.

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The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of...

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of...

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they...

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they...

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge...

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge...

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are...

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are...

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what...

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what...

Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but...

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but...

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a...

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Evil is near. Sometimes late at night the air grows strongly clammy and cold around...

Evil is near. Sometimes late at night the air grows strongly clammy and cold around...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good....

In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good....

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.