“Seek first the virtues of the mind; and other things either will come, or will not be wanted.”
Wisdom Quotes · Page 12
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“The distinguishing property of man is to search for and to follow after truth.”
“Arms are of little value in the field unless there is wise counsel at home.”
“Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.”
“There is nothing so absurd that it has not been said by some philosopher.”
“Constant practice devoted to one subject often prevails over both ability and skill.”
“I should prefer uneloquent good sense to loquacious folly.”
“Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever.”
“Take care, Your Worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.”
“There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault.”
“It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.”
“The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.”
“It is not the hand but the understanding of a man that may be said to write.”
“Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.”
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