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Laws are silent in times of war. - Author object (273)

What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us. - Author object (273)

A man of courage is also full of faith. - Author object (273)

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind. - Author object (273)

Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly. - Author object (273)

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. - Author object (273)

The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret -- that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. - Author object (273)

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault. - Author object (273)

God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice. - Author object (273)

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history? - Author object (273)

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. - Author object (5)

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. - Author object (5)

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader. - Author object (5)

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. - Author object (5)

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. - Author object (5)

Freedom lies in being bold. - Author object (5)

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. - Author object (5)

Poetry is what gets lost in translation. - Author object (5)

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. - Author object (5)

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it. - Author object (5)