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Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes so with present time.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.