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The destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits⁠—not animals.
Winston Churchill1874–1965
He that cannot obey, cannot command.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Aesop620–564 BC
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
?UnattributedOften credited to Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
Matthew Wren1585–1667Often credited to John Wooden
All glory is fleeting.
George S. Patton1885–1945
Yet each man kills the thing he loves, from all let this be heard. Some does it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss the brave man with the sword.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), Pt. I, st. 7In context
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900
There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.
Winston Churchill1874–1965
If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him, you will always remember.
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung1875–1961Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1963), p. 246
Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Quotes by Tocqueville Alexis De, p. 4.
Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address (1801)
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Euripides481–407 BCPirithous.
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Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.
Carl Jung1875–1961