Space is the stature of God.

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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

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

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...

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

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...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

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.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

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

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

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

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.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.