She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts. Votes: 6
Even the law of gravitation would be brought into dispute were there a pecuniary interest involved. Votes: 2
The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn. Votes: 0
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. Votes: 0
Boswell is the first of biographers. Votes: 0
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. Votes: 0
He had done that which could never be forgiven; he was in the grasp of one who never forgave. Votes: 0
In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man. Votes: 0
Language is the machine of the poet. Votes: 0
Nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. Votes: 0
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind. Votes: 0
Reform, that we may preserve. Votes: 0
Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world. Votes: 0
The great cause of revolutions is this, that while nations move onward, constitutions stand still. Votes: 0
The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence. Votes: 0
The sweeter sound of woman's praise. Votes: 0