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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We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.
Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.
A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.
To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.
To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.
Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.
Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.
The present is never a happy state to any being
Conflictlies at the core of innovation.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.
Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.