Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends, to the eternal world; it has proved itself stronger than death.

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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.

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...

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...

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

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...

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...

It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the...

It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the...

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...

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...

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make...

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make...

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

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...

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 soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.

The more interesting life becomes, in other words, the more boredom we are doomed to...

The more interesting life becomes, in other words, the more boredom we are doomed to...

Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such...

Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such...