“Time discovers truth.”
Time“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”
Great“Time discovers truth.”
Time“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”
Freedom“Love in its essence is spiritual fire.”
Love“Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.”
Anger“The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.”
Future“Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk and to make our words and actions all of a color.”
Wisdom“Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”
Men“Why do I not seek some real good one which I could feel, not one which I could display?”
Good“Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God.”
God“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
Power“There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.”
Good“Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.”
God“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”
Great“So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.”
God“He who has great power should use it lightly.”
Great“The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.”
Good“A great fortune is a great slavery.”
Great“Precepts or maxims are of great weight and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.”
Great“We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.”
Imagination“It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.”
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