The secret to humor is surprise.

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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

All men by nature desire to know.

All men by nature desire to know.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit.

We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures...

We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

When you don't have an education, you have to use your brains

When you don't have an education, you have to use your brains

Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.

I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.