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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He who hates vice hates men.

He who hates vice hates men.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money...

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money...

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.