Indignation leads to the making of poetry. [Lat., Facit indignatio versum.]

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

The arrows are from her dowry.

The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

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We can't control our destiny. We can't go back into our past history and make changes. But we can begin this moment by setting a goal and pursuing it for a better life with a greater purpose.

Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us. No reader worth his salt trots along in obedience to a time-table.

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.

America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional.

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.

And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.

Thanks to being profoundly rooted in Christ, he was able to bear a burden which transcends merely human abilities.

No woman is capable of being beautiful who is not incapable of being false.

The question of the right to privacy must be one of the defining issues of our time.