“God made me and broke the mold.”
God“Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.”
Education“God made me and broke the mold.”
God“The world of reality has its limits the world of imagination is boundless.”
Imagination“Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.”
Happiness“How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?”
Famous“Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.”
Education“Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.”
Knowledge“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
Great“Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.”
Truth“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
Patience“Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.”
War“O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.”
Age“Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.”
Knowledge“Plant and your spouse plants with you weed and you weed alone.”
Alone“Base souls have no faith in great individuals.”
Faith“Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.”
Death“I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature and that man will be myself.”
Nature“No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.”
Men“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
Wisdom“Nature never deceives us it is we who deceive ourselves.”
Nature“We are born weak, we need strength helpless, we need aid foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.”
Education