The greatest virtue

The greatest virtue
The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
  

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Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.
Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.
When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.
In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.