“Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.”
Men“Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.”
Truth“Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.”
Men“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”
Great“Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.”
Art“It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.”
Faith“The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.”
Education“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
Knowledge“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”
Great“Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.”
Science“The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.”
Best“The Amen of nature is always a flower.”
Nature“Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.”
Beauty“Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.”
Nature“Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?”
Home“Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.”
Friendship“Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.”
Friendship“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
Wisdom“A new untruth is better than an old truth.”
Truth“A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!”
Music“Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.”
Truth“Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.”
Truth