India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She was the mother of our philosophy, mother through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics, mother through Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity, mother…

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The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done,...

In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done,...

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.