Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a...

There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a...

Though old the thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last who says it best

Though old the thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last who says it best

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.

There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the...

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the...

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at...

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at...

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it.

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Light is the symbol of truth.

Light is the symbol of truth.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great...

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great...

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies