20 ordspråk av George Bancroft
George Bancroft
George Bancroft föddes den October 3rd 1800 och dog den 17 January 1891 - US historian
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 Avarice is the vice of declining years |
| Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul. |
| By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy |
| Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape |
| Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape |
| Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible |
| If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth. |
| In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. |
| It was tough wrestling Alex because we do train together in the summer. I hope there are no hard feelings, but when we get on the mat we have to put our friendship behind. |
| The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority |
| The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority |
| The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force |
| The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force |
| The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another |
| The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred. |
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