We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

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Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to...

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to...

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand,...

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand,...

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is...

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is...

We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A...

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A...

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the...

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the...

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next...

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next...

There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie...

There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie...

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.

Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.

O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.

O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.

The mind is totally attached to Maya; the mortal has forgotten his fear of old...

The mind is totally attached to Maya; the mortal has forgotten his fear of old...

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet...

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet...

Every Age has its own peculiar faith. Any attempt to translate into facts the mission...

Every Age has its own peculiar faith. Any attempt to translate into facts the mission...