We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.