Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.

Quote by Hebbel

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Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.

Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.

Religion is the highest vanity.

Religion is the highest vanity.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only...

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only...

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

Language is the means of getting an idea from my brain into yours without surgery

Language is the means of getting an idea from my brain into yours without surgery

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action...

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

And among His Signs Is the creation of the heavens And the earth, and the...

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we...

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we...

A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is...

A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is...

Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is...

Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is...

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...