They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.

Quote by John Morley

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Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent,...

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent,...

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement...

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement...

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be...

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be...

He who hates vice hates men.

He who hates vice hates men.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what...

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what...

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to...

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to...

All religions die of one disease - that of being found out

All religions die of one disease - that of being found out

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life...

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life...

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and...

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and...