Virtues
He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.3.7 · 42 votes · 172 reads
Thought and Reason
He then learns that in going down into the secrets of his own mind he has descended into the secrets of all minds.3.4 · 32 votes · 84 reads
Virtues
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.3.1 · 50 votes · 182 reads
Government and Politics
I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites.3.7 · 10 votes · 196 reads
Art and Culture
I pay the schoolmaster, but it is the school boys who educate my son.5.0 · 10 votes · 17 reads
Thought and Reason
Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.4.7 · 45 votes · 158 reads
Thought and Reason
If a man sits down to think, he is immediately asked if has a headache.3.1 · 20 votes · 147 reads
Government and Politics
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side, and admit of being compared; when the energies of all men are searched by fear and by hope; when the historic glories of t4.2 · 7 votes · 94 reads
Art and Culture
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.3.2 · 11 votes · 141 reads
Virtues
Imagination is not a talent of some people but is the health of everyone.4.2 · 9 votes · 136 reads
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