The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.
The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.
The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.
Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.
Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
By common consent grey hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.
The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force
Conscience is the mirror of our souls which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.
Harmony is the characteristic of the intellectual system of the universe; and immutable laws of moral existence must pervade all time and all space, all ages and all worlds.
The best government rests on the people and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and if a story is told of more than common interest, ennui is sure to have its joy in adding embellishments. If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?
Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.
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