“Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.”
Beauty“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”
Men“Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.”
Beauty“Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.”
Society“When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.”
Trust“That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.”
Government“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.”
Fear“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”
Men“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.”
Motivational“It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.”
Religion“To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.”
Education“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.”
Friendship“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
Time“I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.”
War“There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.”
Fear“Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.”
Fitness“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.”
Best“History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.”
Government“A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.”
Good“I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.”
Good“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever.”
God“I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.”
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