"Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away."
Settle one Difficulty
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Speak the Truth
"Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods."
Lack of Courage
"Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage."
Organization of Ideas
"Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge."
One Joy
"One joy dispels a hundred cares."
Learning without Thought
"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
Change Things
"No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are."
Breed
"Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace."
The Strength of a Nation
"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."
Men are Nearly Alike
"By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart."