Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

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