Ignorance gives a sort of eternity to prejudice, and perpetuity to error

Quote by Robert Hall

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In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are...

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are...

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

He might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he...

He might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he...

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention...

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy.

Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy.

Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the...

Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the...

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and...

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and...

We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should...

We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should...