When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
"On The Spirit of Controversy," The Atlas (1830-01-30)
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When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.
Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.