The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek...

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek...

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just...

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it...

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it...

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your...

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What...

Love and friendship exclude each other.

Love and friendship exclude each other.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men

It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry,...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry,...

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician...

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician...

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.