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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
Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice. Ingersoll, Robert G.
Independent self people (would be) a counterproductive anachronism in the collective society of the future […] (where) people will be defined by their associations. Dewey, John
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. St. Augustine
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope, Alexander
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made Sophocles
It is a good thing to learn caution by the misfortunes of others. Syrus, Publilius
It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous. Molière, Jean B.
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress. Twain, Mark
Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web? White, E.B.
Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar. Talmud, The