In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.

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Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away,...

For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away,...

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

This I know - that I know nothing.

This I know - that I know nothing.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

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

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

It is right to give every man his due.

It is right to give every man his due.