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sunshine brilliant youth
The tempests of youth are mingled with days of brilliant sunshine.
quick-wit perfection speed
It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct; the perfection is not speed but uniformity.
men doe wealth
A man can hardly be said to have made a fortune if he does not know how to enjoy it.
greatness mind height
The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.
jesus philosophical men
Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ; and the great Cond?, when dying, repeated these noble words, "Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!".
strength consciousness increase
Consciousness of our strength increases it.
errors suffering cautiousness
The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.
war fighting forever
Vice foments war; it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.
time men
We must expect everything and fear everything from time and from men.
doe deceiving reason
Reason deceives us more often than does nature.
discovery age connections
We ought never to be afraid to repeat an ancient truth, when we feel that we can make it more striking by a neater turn, or bring it alongside of another truth, which may make it clearer, and thereby accumulate evidence. It belongs to the inventive faculty to see clearly the relative state of things, and to be able to place them in connection; but the discoveries of ages gone by belong less to their first authors than to those who make them practically useful to the world.
quality venture faults
We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults.
independent men order
In order to protect himself from force, man was obliged to submit to justice. Justice or force: he was compelled to choose between the two masters, so little are we made to be independent.
knowledge men desire
I do not approve the maxim which desires a man to know a little of everything. Superficial knowledge, knowledge without principles, is almost always useless and sometimes harmful knowledge.