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Francis Bacon: Universities incline wits...

Francis Bacon: Universities incline wits...

Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

Source: Valerius Terminus...

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Saint Augustine: A thing is...

Saint Augustine: A thing is...

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken...

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Saint Augustine: Grant what thou...

Saint Augustine: Grant what thou...

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Saint Augustine: The dove loves...

Saint Augustine: The dove loves...

The dove loves when it quarrels; the wolf hates when it flatters.

Source: In...

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Our tastes greatly...

Our tastes greatly...

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young...

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Prepare for death,...

Prepare for death,...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam,
And sign your will before you sup from...

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Some desire is...

Some desire is...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of...

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The trade of...

The trade of...

The trade of advertising is now so near perfection that it is not easy to propose any...

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That observation which...

That observation which...

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than...

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The liberty of...

The liberty of...

The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find...

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To the strongest...

To the strongest...

To the strongest and quickest mind, it is far easier to learn than to invent.

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There is nothing,...

There is nothing,...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the...

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There is a...

There is a...

There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception...

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There is no...

There is no...

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.

Source: Letter, 12 April 1781,...

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Let me smile...

Let me smile...

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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It is no...

It is no...

It is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches...

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My dear friend,...

My dear friend,...

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant . . . You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society: but...

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Second Marriage: the...

Second Marriage: the...

Second Marriage: the triumph of hope over experience.

Source: In Webster's...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Its [Communism's] unfortunate...

Jawaharlal Nehru: Its [Communism's] unfortunate...

Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human...

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Abraham Lincoln: Let the people...

Abraham Lincoln: Let the people...

Let the people know the truth and the country will be safe.

Source: In Webster's...

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