The greatest virtue

The greatest virtue
The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
  

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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.
Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.
The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.
If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.
WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.
Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical
Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.