Language makes infinite use of finite media.

Quote by Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more...

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more...

It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.

It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.

Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the...

Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the...

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two...

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two...

It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.

It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a...

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a...

War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human...

War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human...

Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.

Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.