The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

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...

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

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.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

Excellent things are rare.

Excellent things are rare.

It is right to give every man his due.

It is right to give every man his due.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

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...

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...

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than...

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than...

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are...

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are...

Public instruction should be the first object of government.

Public instruction should be the first object of government.