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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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;...

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;...

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 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...

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 comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel.

Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel.

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their...

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their...

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...

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.

Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of...

Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of...

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...

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads

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

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other...

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other...

Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.

Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.

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

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