Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we…

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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist...

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist...

You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that...

You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that...

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that...

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should...

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should...

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you...

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you...

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.