Innocence is always unsuspicious.

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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Choose in marriage only a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Choose in marriage only a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or...

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or...

It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.