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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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...

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

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.

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.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

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...

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth...

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth...

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.

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...

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...

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...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

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...

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...