“One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
Art“Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.”
Education“One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
Art“Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use.”
Nature“If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.”
Business“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”
God“Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.”
Education“Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.”
Wisdom“The most positive men are the most credulous.”
Men“A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.”
Business“And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.”
Truth“What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.”
Diet“They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.”
Marriage“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“But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?”
Future“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.”
Hope“Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.”
Trust“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man.”
God“The learned is happy, nature to explore The fool is happy, that he knows no more.”
Nature“Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel.”
Best“All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.”
God“Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!”
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