"There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world."

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• "A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. "
• "All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it. "
• "Ask the young. They know everything. "
• "Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself. "
• "Children need models rather than critics. "
• "Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. "
• "He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. "
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• "Innocence is always unsuspicious. "
• "It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him. "
• "Justice is the truth in action. "
• "Logic works, metaphysics contemplates. "
• "Misery is almost always the result of thinking. "
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• "The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. "
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• "The direction of the mind is more important than its progress. "
• "The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight. "
• "The passions of the young are vices in the old. "
• "Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. "
• "To teach is to learn twice. "
• "When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. "
• "Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings. "
• "Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision. "
• "You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you. "