Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

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When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Gift, like genius, I often think only means an infinite capacity for taking pains

Gift, like genius, I often think only means an infinite capacity for taking pains

Everybody's a genius, it's just a matter of whether you love yourself enough to admit...

Everybody's a genius, it's just a matter of whether you love yourself enough to admit...