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- Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalised medium of reason, that's all we have between us and the tyranny of mere will and the cruelty of unbridled, undisciplined feelings.
- Felix Frankfurter (1882 - 1965)
- The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel
- Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
- Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.
- Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC)
- A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)
- It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
- Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
- The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility.
- Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
- Just definitions either prevent or put an end to a dispute.
- Nathaniel Emmons
- The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
- What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.
- Wendell Phillips (1811 - 1884)
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