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Saint Augustine: Will is to...

Saint Augustine: Will is to...

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

Source: De Libero Arbitrio
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Aristotle: All virtue is...

Aristotle: All virtue is...

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Source: Nicomachean Ethics.
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Aristotle: A good style...

Aristotle: A good style...

A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must . . . be appropriate.

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Aristotle: People become house...

Aristotle: People become house...

People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by...

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Aristotle: The educated differ...

Aristotle: The educated differ...

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

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Aristotle: Ancient laws remain...

Aristotle: Ancient laws remain...

Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

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Aristotle: No great genius...

Aristotle: No great genius...

No great genius is without an admixture of madness.

Source: From Charles Daney's...

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Aristotle: Even when the...

Aristotle: Even when the...

Even when the laws have been written down, they ought not always remain unchanged.

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Aristotle: A man is...

Aristotle: A man is...

A man is the origin of his action.

Source: In Shorter Bartlett's Familiar...

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Aristotle: Probable impossibilities are...

Aristotle: Probable impossibilities are...

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

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William James: Genius means little...

William James: Genius means little...

Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

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William James: Failure, then, failure!...

William James: Failure, then, failure!...

Failure, then, failure! so the world stamps us at every turn. We strew it with our blunders, our misdeeds, our lost...

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Francis Bacon: Reading maketh a...

Francis Bacon: Reading maketh a...

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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Francis Bacon: It is the...

Francis Bacon: It is the...

It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.

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Francis Bacon: The desire for...

Francis Bacon: The desire for...

The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in...

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Francis Bacon: Nuptial love maketh...

Francis Bacon: Nuptial love maketh...

Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth...

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Francis Bacon: Age appears best...

Francis Bacon: Age appears best...

Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to...

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Francis Bacon: All bravery stands...

Francis Bacon: All bravery stands...

All bravery stands on comparisons.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Francis Bacon: Life, an age...

Francis Bacon: Life, an age...

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Life is not...

Life is not...

Life is not significant details, illuminated by a flash, fixed forever. Photographs are.

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