Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is...

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is...

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Man - a being in search of meaning.

Man - a being in search of meaning.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

For law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation, as the direction...

For law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation, as the direction...

They have no lawyers among them for they consider them as a sort of people...

They have no lawyers among them for they consider them as a sort of people...

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after