It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

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When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked...

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked...

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in...

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in...

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape...

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape...

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy....

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy....

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years...

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years...

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet...

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet...

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching...

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching...

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be...

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be...

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself...

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself...

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain...

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain...

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends,...

Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends,...

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed...

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed...

Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That...

Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That...

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

Never let a sense of what is right blind you to what is true.

Never let a sense of what is right blind you to what is true.

Love is the outreach of self toward completion.

Love is the outreach of self toward completion.