20 ordspråk av George Bancroft
George Bancroft
Avarice is the vice of declining years
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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.
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By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy
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Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape
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Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape
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Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible
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If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.
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In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another
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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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