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He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.
Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.
I believe that there never was a creator of a philosophical system who did not confess at the end of his life that he had wasted
I believe that there never was a creator of a philosophical system who did not confess at the end of his life that he had wasted his time. It must be admitted that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men that the inventors of syllogisms. He who imagined a ship towers considerably above him who imagined innate ideas.
The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.
The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.
