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Silence is more eloquent than words.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.

Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.