“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
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“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
“Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.”
“The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”
“Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius.”
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower.”
“Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour.”
“A truth that's told with bad intent / Beats all the lies you can invent.”
“He who shall teach the child to doubt / The rotting grave shall ne'er get out.”
“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet; / This is not done by jostling in the street.”
“Some find activity only in repose, and others repose only in movement.”
“When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.”
“The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.”
“It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.”
“Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.”