There are many fine ideals which are not realisable, and yet we do not refrain from teaching them. Great short quote and quotation by: Peretz Smolenskin ,
There are many shining qualities on the mind of man; but none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, and sets them at work in their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their possessor. Without it, learning is pedantry; wit, impertinence; virtue itself looks […]
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There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)
There are no thanks for a kindness, which has been delayed. Great short quote and quotation by: Anonymous ,
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America 1835
There are now two great nations in the world, which starting from different points, seem to be advancing toward the same goal: the Russians and the Anglo-Americans…Each seems called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexis […]
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There are pauses amidst study, and even pauses of seeming idleness, in which a process goes on which may be likened to the digestion of food. In those seasons of repose, the powers are gathering their strength for new efforts; as land which lies fallow recovers itself for tillage. Great short quote and quotation by: […]
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There are situations in which torture is not merely permissible but morally mandatory. Great short quote and quotation by: Michael Levin ,
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There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, and a third which imitates them. Great short quote and quotation by: Plato, The Republic , Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC – 347 BC)
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There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless. Great short quote and quotation by: Niccolo Machiavelli, The […]
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