Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free.

Water is the mother of the vine, the nurse and fountain of fecundity, the adorner and refresher of the world.

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.

Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.

Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation.

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

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But the sunshine aye shall light the sky, As round and round we run; And the truth shall ever come uppermost, And justice shall be done.

War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.

Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.

Change your life. If you want to get better, that is what you have to do.

It's the beautiful minds of this world that win over beautiful faces. They win hearts by winning minds.

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We learn about tithing by paying it.

Using governmental force to impose a vision on others is intellectual sloth.

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

Oh abstractions are just abstract until they have an ache in them.

With enough emotional intensity and repetition, our nervous systems experience something as real, even if it hasn't occurred yet.

I think people are getting more and more -unfortunately - inured to violence. People are less sensitive to things they should wake up about.