The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.
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