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The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.


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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.



Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.



It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.



Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.



We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.



It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.



Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.



Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.



To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.



If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.





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