READ not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse: but to weigh and con sider. BACON. A OPINIONS OF INDIVIDUALS. If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing the world. J. S. MILL. IN WHAT A MAN'S GREATNESS CONSISTS. A man's greatness lies not in wealth and station, as the vulgar believe, nor yet in his intellectual capacity, which is often associated with the meanest moral character, the most abject servility to those in high places, and arrogance to the poor and lowly; but a man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just esti mate of himself and everything else, on frequent self-examination, and a steady obedience to the rule which he knows to be right, without troubling himself about what others may think or say, or whether they do or do not do that which he thinks and says and does. GEORGE LONG. GREATNESS. Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others; and let the world be deceived in thee, as they are in the lights of heaven. SIR THOMAS BROWNE. CHARACTER. Von einem Menschen schlechthin sagen zu können, „er hat einen Charakter," heißt sehr viel von ihm, nicht allein gesagt, sondern auch gerühmt; denn das ist eine Seltenheit, die Hochachtung und Bewunderung erregt. GOETHE. A MARK OF CHARACTER. Durch Nichts bezeichnen die Menschen mehr ihren Charakter, als durch das was sie lächerlich finden. GOETHE. THE LAUGHABLE. Der Verständige findet fast Alles lächerlich, der Vernünftige fast Nichts. GOETHE. RIDICULE AND MISREPRESENTATION. He who misrepresents what he ridicules does not ridicule what he misrepresents. DR. HODGSON. CAN NOT = WILL NOT. Der Mensch kann was er soll; und wenn er sagt, er kann nicht, so will er nicht. FICHTE. |