Government and Politics
Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.3.1 · 48 votes · 7 reads
Virtues
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.5.0 · 39 votes · 149 reads
Thought and Reason
Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.3.2 · 5 votes · 128 reads
Art and Culture
That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.4.9 · 16 votes · 78 reads
Society
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.4.7 · 51 votes · 178 reads
Feelings
The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.3.5 · 39 votes · 87 reads
Various
The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.5.0 · 45 votes · 12 reads
Virtues
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.4.5 · 36 votes · 146 reads
Government and Politics
The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government.4.4 · 58 votes · 165 reads
Feelings
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.4.3 · 28 votes · 68 reads
Society
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.5.0 · 17 votes · 165 reads
Science and Technology
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.4.5 · 11 votes · 166 reads
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