One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.
This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.
In the word of no master am I bound to believe.
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor’s house is in flames.
It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one’s country.
I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.
One night awaits all, and death’s path must be trodden once and for all.
How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine.
We are free to yield to truth.
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.
He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.
Fierce eagles do not produce timorous doves.
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.
He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.
If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
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