"The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them" — Moliere

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul

Source: The Spectator, no. 215 (1711)

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese

Source: Alarms and Discursions, Cheese (1910)

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Source: Walden (1854)

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something

Source: Bishop Blougram's Apology (1855)

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