“And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.”
Truth“For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.”
Best“And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.”
Truth“Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.”
Alone“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.”
Art“So vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
Art“But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?”
Future“The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.”
Change“All nature is but art unknown to thee.”
Art“One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
Art“Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.”
God“They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.”
Marriage“All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.”
God“Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.”
Education“Wit is the lowest form of humor.”
Humor“A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
Learning“Health consists with temperance alone.”
Alone“A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.”
God“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
Fear“Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.”
Men“To err is human to forgive, divine.”
Forgiveness“For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.”
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