Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

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Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the...

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the...

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to...

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to...

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the...

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the...

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game...

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game...

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.