They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought…

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Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it,...

Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it,...

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the...

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the...

He travels best that knows when to return.

He travels best that knows when to return.

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven...

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven...

An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.

An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.

The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter...

The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter...

They have no lawyers among them for they consider them as a sort of people...

They have no lawyers among them for they consider them as a sort of people...

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities -...

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities -...

Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a...

Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a...

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities -...

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities -...

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much...

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much...

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing.

The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing.

By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature...

By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature...

And, indeed, though they differ concerning other things, yet all agree in this: that they...

And, indeed, though they differ concerning other things, yet all agree in this: that they...

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the...

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the...