If I had a humble spirit in my service who, when I asked for a glass of water, brought me the world's costliest wines blended in a chalice, I should dismiss him, in order to teach him that my pleasure consists, not in what I enjoy, but in having my own way. Either/Or
Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation. Book VIII
Though the ancients were ignorant of the principles of Christianity there were in them the germs of its spirit. The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces
Is the only lesson of history to be that mankind is unteachable? Never Give In!
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