Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [601-620] of 632 Proverbs quotesProverbs QuotesProverbs Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.~ Voltaire It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.~ Voltaire The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.~ Voltaire Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.~ Voltaire What is not in nature can never be true.~ Voltaire History is fables agreed upon.~ Voltaire The secret of being tiresome is to tell everything.~ Voltaire The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.~ Ludwig Von Mises One does what one is; one becomes what one does.~ Robert von Musil We are what we pretend to be.~ Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.~ Marilyn vos Savant Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.~ Lemuel K. Washburn You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.~ Booker T. Washington I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.~ Booker T. Washington Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of the heart.~ George Washington There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.~ George Washington May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.~ George Washington Liberty consists in the ability to choose.~ Simone Weil There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime – namely, repressive justice.~ Simone Weil Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.~ John Wesley Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print