For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.
God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.
For the wise man, every day is a festival.
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
It was not important how many enemies there are, but where the enemy is
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance.
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you.
Character is simply habit long continued.
Silence is an answer to a wise man.
Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.
Reason speaks and feeling bites
Neither blame or praise yourself.
He who owns a hundred sheep must fight with fifty wolves
The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing.
Knavery is the best defense against a knave.
Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.
The authors of great evils know best how to remove them.
As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.
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