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Henry St. John Quotes: "Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense."

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.



Henry St. John Quotes: "History is philosophy teaching by example and also by warning."

History is philosophy teaching by example and also by warning.




Henry St. John Quotes: "Faction is to party what the superlative is to the positive. Party is a political evil, and faction is the worst of all parties."

Faction is to party what the superlative is to the positive. Party is a political evil, and faction is the worst of all parties.



Henry St. John Quotes: "A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship."

A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.




Henry St. John Quotes: "The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance."

The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.



Henry St. John Quotes: "God himself, with reverence be it spoken, is not an absolute but a limited monarch, limited by the rule which infinite wisdom prescribes to infinite power."

God himself, with reverence be it spoken, is not an absolute but a limited monarch, limited by the rule which infinite wisdom prescribes to infinite power.



Henry St. John Quotes: "To converse with historians is to keep good company; many of them were excellent men, and those who were not, have taken care to appear such in their writings."

To converse with historians is to keep good company; many of them were excellent men, and those who were not, have taken care to appear such in their writings.




Henry St. John Quotes: "Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason."

Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.



Henry St. John Quotes: "What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!"

What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!



Henry St. John Quotes: "I think it indisputable that the distance between the intellectual faculties of different men is greater than that between the same faculties in some men and some other animals."

I think it indisputable that the distance between the intellectual faculties of different men is greater than that between the same faculties in some men and some other animals.



Henry St. John Quotes: "There is so much trouble in coming into the world, and so much more, as well as meanness, in going out of it, that it is hardly worth while to be here at all."

There is so much trouble in coming into the world, and so much more, as well as meanness, in going out of it, that it is hardly worth while to be here at all.



Henry St. John Quotes: "Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it."

Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it.




Henry St. John Quotes: "The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue."

The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.



Henry St. John Quotes: "I have read somewhere or other, - in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, - that history is philosophy teaching by examples."

I have read somewhere or other, - in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, - that history is philosophy teaching by examples.



Henry St. John Quotes: "Lawyers must pry into the recesses of the human heart, and become well acquainted with the whole moral world, that they may discover the abstract reason of all laws."

Lawyers must pry into the recesses of the human heart, and become well acquainted with the whole moral world, that they may discover the abstract reason of all laws.



Henry St. John Quotes: "There is so much trouble in coming into the world, and so much more, as well as meanness, in going out of it, that 'tis hardly worth while to be here at all."

There is so much trouble in coming into the world, and so much more, as well as meanness, in going out of it, that 'tis hardly worth while to be here at all.