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

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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

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...

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.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

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...

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

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...

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

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

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

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

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

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.