Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.

Quote by Horace Walpole

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Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot...

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot...

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them...

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's...

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in...

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into...

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into...

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a...

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a...

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over...

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over...

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by...

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in...

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

Statistics show that many people watch our show from the bedroom. and people you ask...

Statistics show that many people watch our show from the bedroom. and people you ask...