Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses

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Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Religion is the highest vanity.

Religion is the highest vanity.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.

Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only...

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know...

The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know...

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language,...

If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language,...

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God,...

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God,...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...