The greatest virtue

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

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Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.
All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.
Malice drinketh its own poison.
If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.
Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.
The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.
There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.
A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.
To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.
A room without books is a body without soul
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.