Art and Culture
It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one.3.7 · 13 votes · 194 reads
Government and Politics
It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it.4.1 · 63 votes · 179 reads
Government and Politics
It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many.4.7 · 37 votes · 58 reads
Thought and Reason
Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.3.7 · 9 votes · 198 reads
Thought and Reason
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.4.0 · 37 votes · 121 reads
Feelings
Of all the infirmities we have, the most savage is to despise our being.3.6 · 11 votes · 41 reads
Society
Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm, and yet will make Gods by dozens.4.2 · 56 votes · 151 reads
Various
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.4.5 · 10 votes · 40 reads
Feelings
Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand.4.2 · 51 votes · 174 reads
Art and Culture
Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.3.6 · 55 votes · 136 reads
Society
Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.4.0 · 8 votes · 160 reads
Various
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose.4.8 · 22 votes · 102 reads
Thought and Reason
The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.5.0 · 31 votes · 128 reads
Various
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.3.9 · 64 votes · 161 reads
Virtues
The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.4.7 · 49 votes · 151 reads
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