Quote #8080
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
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Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b)...
Quote #9193
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even...
Quote #14358
We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us.
Quote #26204
Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency in sin....
Quote #32811
Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There...
Quote #18170
Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them,...
Quote #3617
…no man of genuinely superior intelligence has ever been an actor. Even supposing a...
Quote #24738
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man...
Quote #5987
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.