Books Are True Levelers. They Give To

Another Powerful Principle Of Our Nature, Which Is The Spring Of War, Is The Passion For Superiority, For Triumph, For Power. The Human Mind Is Aspiring, Impatient Of Inferiority, And Eager For Preeminence And Control.

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In General, We Do Well To Let An Opponent's Motives Alone. We Are Seldom Just To Them. Our Own Motives On Such Occasions Are Often Worse Than Those We Assail.

The Best Books For A Man Are Not Always Those Which The Wise Recommend, But Often Those Which Meet The Peculiar Wants, The Natural Thirst Of His Mind, And Therefore Awaken Interest And Rivet Thought.

It Is Not The Quantity But The Quality Of Knowledge Which Determines The Mind's Dignity.