It is a lesson

It is a lesson
It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.
  

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WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.
He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.
Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken
There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Evil communication corrupt good manners.
Fools rush in where fools have been before.
Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.
Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.
I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.