Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.

Quote by Robert Bulwer-Lytton

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The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or...

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or...

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have...

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have...

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw...

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw...

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than...

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than...

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking...

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking...

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man...

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man...

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants...

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants...

What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and...

What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and...

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener...

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener...

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself....

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself....

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.