Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good. less than 1 minute read
I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice. less than 1 minute read
Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves. less than 1 minute read
All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. less than 1 minute read
No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. less than 1 minute read
What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class. less than 1 minute read
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while. less than 1 minute read
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance. less than 1 minute read
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves. less than 1 minute read
