Great wisdom is generous, petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech in cantankerous.
Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.
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Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.
A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country.
As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the small man seeks is in others.
I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.
