The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the...

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

Your silence gives consent.

Your silence gives consent.

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which...

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which...