"It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men" — Jean de La Bruyère

For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

Every man's life is a fairytale written by God's fingers

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