Random Quotes
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.Seneca
He who spares the wicked injures the good.Seneca
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.Henri-Fr
Too little liberty brings stagnation and too much brings chaos.Bertrand Russell
It is the mind which creates the world about us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.George Gissing
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.Denis Diderot
It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions do not in themselves differentiate men from each other, but rather tend to reduce them to the same state.Thomas Elliot
Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defence of peace must be constructed.Unknown, UNESCO Constitution
Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Their understanding
Begins to swell and the approaching tide
Will shortly fill the reasonable shores
That now lie foul and muddy.William Shakespeare