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Do not expect justice where might is right.

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Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that of which he feels no want.

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We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most.

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It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.

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He who does not desire power is fit to hold it.

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What essence is to generation, that truth is to belief.

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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

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When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it turns to the twilight world of change and decay, it can only form opinions, its vision is confused and its beliefs shifting, and it seems to lack intelligence.

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If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.

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When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things.

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And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves, then he will gaze upon the light of the moon and the stars and the spangled heaven...Last of all he will be able to see the sun.

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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

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Writing is the geometry of the soul.

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The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man.

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All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance

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No town can live peacefully whatever its laws when its citizens do nothing but feast and drink and tire themselves out in the cares of love

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I take it that our state, having been founded and built up on the right lines, is good in the complete sense of the word.

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The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.

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Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

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