“A man of courage is also full of faith.”
Courage“To some extent I liken slavery to death.”
Death“A man of courage is also full of faith.”
Courage“Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.”
Education“In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.”
Health“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Gardening“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.”
Freedom“I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.”
Education“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.”
Best“The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.”
Friendship“In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.”
Truth“It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”
Sympathy“There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.”
Men“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.”
Best“Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.”
Education“People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.”
Great“In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.”
Power“Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.”
Food“Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.”
Freedom“Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?”
Nature“The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.”
Knowledge“No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.”
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