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Literature

In science, read, by preference,…

4 Mar , 2011  

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert

Prudence

In nature all is managed for the…

4 Mar , 2011  

In nature all is managed for the best with perfect frugality and just reserve, profuse to none, but bountiful to all; never employing on one thing more than enough, but with exact economy retrenching the superfluous, and adding force to what is principal in everything. Shaftesbury III

Adversity

In misfortune, what friend remai…

4 Mar , 2011  

In misfortune, what friend remains a friend? Euripides

Truth

In wartime, truth is so precious…

4 Mar , 2011  

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. Churchill, Winston

War

In war, when a commander becomes…

4 Mar , 2011  

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory. MacArthur, Douglas

War

In war there is no prize for run…

4 Mar , 2011  

In war there is no prize for runner-up. Bradley, Omar

Inspiration

In three words I can sum up ever…

4 Mar , 2011  

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on. Frost, Robert

Nature

In the survival of favoured indi…

4 Mar , 2011  

In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection. Darwin, Charles

Change

In the province of the mind, wha…

4 Mar , 2011  

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true. Lilly, John

Understanding

In the end, we will conserve onl…

4 Mar , 2011  

In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. Dioum, Baba

Avarice

Instead of this we have luxury a…

4 Mar , 2011  

Instead of this we have luxury and avarice; public indigence side by side with private opulence; we glorify wealth and pursue idleness; between the worthy and the unworthy we make no distinction; all the prizes of virtue are awarded to ambition. Crispus, Gaius Sallustius

Epithets

Insolence is not logic; epithets…

4 Mar , 2011  

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice. Ingersoll, Robert G.